Many of my soft sculptures are sewn from vintage, found and torn fabric – clothing labels, feed bags and flour sacks. I am inspired by the idea of turning utilitarian fabrics and discarded objects into something new, inviting the viewer to see these overlooked things transformed into graceful birds alighting, preening or guarding a clutch of eggs in a nest. I am excited by the combination of natural and enduring forms, like birds and sea shells, with the artificial, the cast aside, the obsolete and the mass produced.

Trained originally as a teacher, I am now a mother to two beautiful daughters, ages 2 and 4. I am home with them, sewing and stuffing soft sculptures while they nap and in the evenings in my home studio in Wellesley, MA.