"Nested", 2024. A site specific installation placed in Downtown Olympia, Washington from April-July 2024, then placed at Socha Arts from September 2024-February 2025. Hand Woven mixed Media Installation: Wood, Thread, Textiles. Created for the Olympia Artspace Alliance Art In Storefronts Group show, "Community". 

 

“Nested” explores our connections to one another and, in turn, the environments we inhabit. The installation uses a number of both found and gifted materials, all collected over the years from local buy nothing groups and neighborhood walks. Willow and Red Alder are the primary structural woods, hand woven into basket nests, balanced together in a nest of their own. The nest is constructed from the same twigs and branches as the baskets, though it is interwoven with handsewn textile polypores and mosses. The fabrics are primarily shades of blue, green, and gold with a few pops of color, like a walk in the woods in early spring. Woven together, we rely on one another to thrive.