I am fascinated by natural patterns, man’s machines, and the everyday junk all around us.

In my current work, I explore man’s dialogue with nature primarily in hand-dyed shibori fabrics and digital imagery. I combine shibori and digital images to create fiber works and archival inkjet prints. Patterns created with natural processes are endlessly intriguing. I hand-dye cottons and silks with techniques based upon traditional Japanese resist dye methods (shibori). Shibori techniques produce patterned fabric with subtle variations. These patterns are natural, organic, complex and somehow, simple. The shibori dyed fabrics are sometimes quilted or collaged and sometimes photographed to be digitally manipulated. Machine images pervade my thoughts and I find them in my work. My digital photographs are altered, enhanced, collaged and sometimes printed onto cloth. As I work on a piece, I explore the influence and synergy of time, hand, and machine.