"My home decor style and preferences have been influenced by the imaginary interiors I spent years stitching, and my real physical space, in turn, influences current and future works. I create art that is inspired by Home, both in actual depictions of domestic spaces and objects, and in the concepts of safety and comfort. I want to create work that people want to live with. Work that brings a dose of joy each time it’s looked at. I want to infuse my own home and studio with these feelings too."

"I believe in layering a space over time. Acquiring things on an as-needed basis and with care and intention, giving a lot of emphasis and preference to secondhand goods, things made by hand, and shopping small. This applies to the studio as well. I purchase a lot of my fabric and fibers secondhand, and prefer to package orders in re-purposed and re-used materials."

"I place a lot of significance on objects, not I think (or at least I hope) in a purely materialistic, over-consuming, brand-oriented kind of way, but in the sense that the objects around me become reliquaries for my memories and experiences. They are imbued with the power of the people in my life and the places I have been. I can give you each of those stories if you ever come over and ask."

HOME STUDIO

"As I was preparing these images and my thoughts, I reflected back on all my past ‘studios.’ I counted, and I have worked from 10 different spaces in the past 15 years. With the exception of when I was a student, I have always worked from home. Sometimes, it’s been on the kitchen table, or in one apartment I had a tray piled with work and I would move it between the sofa or bed to get things done. I feel very fortunate and happy with my current space and hope we are here for a long time. "

"I like to see as much as I can all at once. So I keep works in progress taped and pinned to the wall behind my work tables. As pieces are finished, I move them to the wall beside the day bed. This ritual of graduating a piece from the ‘work-in-progress wall’ over to the ‘finished wall’ has become such an important feature of the space. It helps me know where I am in the building of a collection and the progress motivates me to keep it moving."

"In the studio, I obviously need a lot of practical tools of the trade—fabrics, fibers, needles, scissors, paints, and brushes. I have accumulated pieces of furniture over the years that provide me enough surface space to work—lifting up one of my tables on risers was a real game changer for my back!—a comfortable place to settle in and stitch, and ample enough storage for all of my supplies."