Developed during a month-long session at the Vashon Artist Residency, this body of mixed-media sculptures and installations centers on material speculative play to examine the tension between human artifice and marine ecosystems.
The work reconfigures objects gathered along the shoreline—fractured marine utility conduits heavily colonized by calcified barnacles, and deeply weathered driftwood branches. In the studio, these raw organic and industrial remnants undergo a deliberate synthetic intervention. By threading vibrant neon cords through the hollow hoses to create structural tension, incorporating wire grids, and pairing them with fluidly draped, saturated textiles, the pieces establish a powerful visual friction. The resulting assemblages map a space where the heavy hand of human infrastructure and the resilience of the natural world tightly pull against one another.