Willie's Last Stand

Fashion Unbound recycled fashion show at the Indianapolis Museum of Art.

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Project IMA 2010

The Willie Nelson dress depicts Willie standing in the Gulf of Mexico holding his braids. I was inspired when Willie Nelson cut his braids off to inspire human hair collection to help with the oil spill. To me, cutting his iconic hair symbolizes how easy change can occur. The back of the dress depicts a wind turbine. The Cock-a-tail dress I made mainly from t-shirts that I cut, knit, and sewed.

Treasure Bay 2010

3-D collage series 2010

Santa Cordial

Bullfrog Dream

Ex Sex

Gucci Lovy Joy

Halloween Town

Time Travel

Butt Sex

2009 stuff

2008: Buffalo Hunt

This fabric painting is a surreal depiction of a universal buffalo hunt.

2007: Fluxcoat and 2008: Bert Crenca Dress

This is the fluxcoat I made for Bert in 2007. This dress is a portrait of Bert Crenca, AS220's founder. AS220 is an art space that hosts music and art shows. It is a non-juried space that is open for anyone to show their work. The dress is a tribute to Bert and his positive influence in Providence.

2008: Hand and (2006) Faces

These are ceramic.

2008: Mommy Misses Fluffy and Strawberry Horizon

These fabric paintings are made from recycled fabrics.

2008: Hurricane Barrier

This is a leaded tile with an opaque white glass frame.

2008:T-shirts

These are this year's round of recycled quilted-tees.

2007: Snow Vacation 4707

This fabric painting is a fuzzy vision of future after massive climate change. The family is enjoying artificial styrofoam snow in an enclosed dome. The dome is considered to be the controlled cooler climate while the outdoors is extremely hot. Outside the enclosed tunnels and dome, other animal life exists in trash structures. This is how I see the piece, but it is certainly to be taken however the viewer wants to take it. The details in this piece are endless and not to be overlooked.

2007: Awesome Brothers, Awesome Shirts

The Awesome Brothers are a Providence band who commissioned me to make portrait shirts for them to perform in. They used to wear these large furry body suits, so in the shirt I made them wearing the fur.

2007: Progressive Runway Project 3

This is a group shot of the third trash fashion show. Many people participated in this event. I created the runway, which consists of four bicycle carts that detach from the bicycles and connect together to create the runway. The carts are made from recycled steel, bike parts, and palettes.

2007: Nature's Bastard and The Physics of Dada-Lala

This is a ceramic tile that has since been leaded together. And this is a sculpture I made from waste found along the Narragansett Bay shoreline.

2006: Fleet tile and Hurricane Barrier Tile