“I weave together soft, natural, hand-spun yarns from Nepal with hard, modern materials like plexiglass and mirror. The yarn holds warmth, tradition, and care, while the mirror and plexiglass reflect a colder, fast-moving, manufactured world. Binding the yarn around sharp edges of the glass feels like stitching a wound; an intimate, meditative act where self-reflection occurs and distortion slowly gives way to clarity.”
“For about fourteen years, I’ve been translating my illustrations, collages, and paintings into my rug designs that are hand-knotted in Nepal. In my latest series “Where Wings Tangle” I bring the process full circle - incorporating the same yarns used in my rugs, back into my artwork as embroidered elements. My rugs inspire my art, and then my art inspires my rugs. I find my practice helps me stay grounded in a craft that has shaped my livelihood, while paying tribute to the weavers I’ve been collaborating with for over a decade.”
“My new work speaks to the quiet tension between where we’ve been and where we are going. Life’s knots - our inner struggles, memories, and hardships - aren’t just things to undo, but threads that shape who we become.”
“These pieces hold space for both pain and possibility. They invite stillness, reflection, and the idea that healing doesn’t erase the past, but carries it forward with purpose. What once felt tangled begins to open, holding the quiet potential to unfold and take flight.”
“Each finished artwork becomes a suspended moment - an orb of release, where I find hope. I imagine a future stitched with care, where the wisdom of what came before will fuel new ways of seeing. Where the past is not something to bury, but something to champion in the quest for a brighter, more balanced future.”
