2017
This commissioned piece was created as a sacred object to symbolize and invoke gentle and benevolent power. All commissions include a consultation exploring personal power archetypes, ancestral traditions and animism, as well as an Yi Jing reading.
32” x 18.5” x 9”
Paper maché, acrylic, wool, mirror, crushed turquoise, crushed stones, gold leaf, guinea fowl feathers, jungle cock eye feathers, other natural feathers, leather, thread, mink eyelashes
2017
A performance mask that is part of the Re-mythology/Queeros series. A merger of two tricksters from Toltec and Chinese opera traditions: Quetzalcoatl, the feathered serpent meets Chun Zhongli, the woman with the broken flower face.
30” x 21” x 8”
Paper maché, acrylic, jungle cock and peacock feathers
2016
This mask was a commissioned piece incorporating animal symbology, pythagorean numerology, and the buyer’s spiritual and cultural traditions. It features a spider woman with eight eyes spinning thread from her mouth, crowned by whales that carry sacred disks.
24” x 17.5” x 6”
Paper maché, mother of pearl shell inlay, blue papua shell inlay, acrylic, Mongolian horse hair, rabbit fur
2016
This work is a re-mything of the ancient Chinese creation story of Nüwa and Fuxi, the brother-sister/husband-wife pair. This mask unifies the two as a single trans/two-spirit entity, unifying dualities and queering the hero's journey.
68" x 40" x 9"
Papier mâché, acrylic, gold leaf, crushed turquoise, red coral, glass, crushed jet black, rabbit fur, bamboo, wood, dried lichen, moss, burnt leather
2015
The elephant was inspired by the Yi Jing hexagram for 坤 - The Receptive (Earth).
29”x25”x12”
Papier mâché, acrylic, rabbit fur, willow branches, polyester fabric
2016
This crow mask was inspired by the Yi Jing hexagram for 艮 - Stillness (Mountain).
33" x 30" x 10"
Papier mâché, wool, acrylic, beach sea glass, dried moss, branches
2016
This sculpture of a child Taurus was inspired by the Yi Jing hexagram for 兌 - The Joyous (Lake).
45 x 27.5 x 3.5
Papier mâche, wireform mesh, acrylic, synthetic hair, mirrors, clay, driftwood, organic materials
2015
This seahorse mask was inspired by the Yi Jing hexagram for 坎 - The Abyss (Water).
25”x2”x13”
Papier mâche, acrylic, gold leaf, joint compound, branches
2015
This mask was part of an archetypal mask series interpreting characters from Chinese folklore.
16”x14”x4”
Paper mache, acrylic, textiles, dried moss and lichen
2015
This mask was part of an archetypal mask series interpreting characters from Chinese folklore.
Papier mâche, acrylic, fabric
23.5 x 12.5 x 4.5
2013
A multi-operational puppet for a music video depicting the story of a fearsome yet kind-hearted creature of the woods.
70" x 54" x 15"
Wireform mesh, foam core, glass, textiles, feathers, found objects, organic materials
