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carrying prototype
mixed media
8" x 6 1/2" (without strap)
2023
prototype
digital image
2021
carrying wallet
fiber
6 3/4" x 5" closed
2023
pinch pots
clay
group 3" x 4" x 12"
2000
basket
fiber
5" x 10"
2010
image wallets
mixed media
each 4" x 6" folder
2020
paper box form
paper, relief print
5" x 5" x 6 1/2"
2003

A more recent, ongoing project focus began in 2021 after reading an Ursula Le Guinn essay, The Carrier Bag Theory of Fiction. Found amongst a series of containers being prototyped are wallets, baskets, pinch pots and pouches. Several years of Monoprints investigate the materiality of paper, plastic and woven bags. The work searches for the poetic energy held by static objects and wonders about the things being valued and carried.

A set of conversational prompts held within their cavities or pockets travels beyond the walls of the studio, making a broader web of narrative connections. Prompts invite reflection and dialogue about the cultural, emotional and physical weight of the ideas and objects being carried.