In my three-dimensional textile work, I use crafting techniques such as sewing, embroidery, and felting to create sculptures, garments, and installations. I am currently sewing a life-scale wool felt figure titled “The Mother.” I started this project in early 2020 before the pandemic and I’ve been working on her since then.
“The Mother” in progress
She is made of ivory-colored virgin wool felt with hand-felted components. Her belly is an open cavity lined in red velvet. Inside and spilling out of this cavity will be felted animals, plant forms, a baby human, and other creatures made of wool. I am creating at least one hundred felted forms that will extend from the figure’s belly outwards on cords of wool roving.
Felting a squirrel
Felted animals
This sculpture represents Mother Earth or Gaia birthing out the creatures of our planet. She is a human scale poppet, an effigy or doll, which asserts our intimate and spiritual relationship with the natural world.
Felted baby
I hope to finish her soon and find a place to share her with the public. Please contact me if you are interested in exhibiting “The Mother.”