Game boards, acrylic paint, sequins, window vinyl, glass, poplar frames. 18” x 18”
2020
handmade painted poplar cabinet, collected objects, collected handwritten notes
Amidst the COVID pandemic, I asked friends and acquaintances to collect and send me descriptions of everyday delights — handwritten — to discover what small, joyful things people encounter every day. These handwritten slips of paper became the source for the design of a modern apothecary cabinet.
Based on a traditional apothecary cabinet, this set of two poplar boxes was designed around the dimensions of its contents: It includes items that evoke taste, including whiskey, maple syrup, and tea; scent, including sawdust, coffee, and laundry detergent. Drawers include objects to assist in the pursuit of other delights such as observing birds, clouds, or big trains.
I had the slips of paper printed on fabric, which I pieced and turned into an accompanying quilt.
handmade cottonwood boxes, collected cottonwood branches and walnuts, giclee print, plywood plinth.
2022
2021
handmade white pine box, collected white pine needles, acrylic and graphic on canvas in white pine frame
This piece is inspired by my 87 year-old mother’s experience of aging and the pandemic.
The pine needles were from the white pine tree in her front yard during the 2021 fall/winter shedding season. I carefully collected, organized, and “catalogued” them into a sort of library card catalog I constructed out white pine.
I let the needles pile up in disorganized masses at the top of the box, as I see my mother’s comprehension of time and memory start to disassemble.
The painting includes 98 circles, each representing a year of time, most passed, some remaining.
2018
handmade box (reclaimed fence wood), collected Objects, handmade book, acrylic paintings
This piece was made as a reminder of my home in Baltimore, Maryland, which I sold in 2018. The yard was filled with gardens: sunny and shade gardens, perennials everywhere, raised vegetable beds, fruit trees, and lots of weeds.
I constructed the box from fence slats removed in a repair to my backyard fence. Inside the box sit collections of cherry and plum pits and crape myrtle seeds, all from trees in the yard. It also includes wood from the cherry and plum trees and dried stems from tiger lilies from the front drive.
The paintings in the handmade book document both my favorite perennials and the most prolific weeds that grew throughout the gardens.
2017
found metal box, collected objects, handmade book, acrylic paintings
2017
found wood box, collected objects, acrylic on paper
2018
Works created during a residency in Paducah, Kentucky.
2018
acrylic, wood, and waxed linen on paper
reclaimed, fused single-use plastic
Improvisational quilts and quilts based on traditional Amish patterns.
Functional objects for sale on etsy: LindyHandmadeOhio.
36 x 48
Single-use plastic shopping bags. cotton thread.
Machine pieced, hand quilted.
Inspired by Amish quilt design and practice of making do with what is at hand.
40” x40”
Single-use plastic grocery and carryout bags
24 x 30
Single-use plastic shopping bags, cotton thread.
Machine pieced, hand quilted.
44 x 44
Single-use plastic shopping bags, cotton thread.
Machine pieced, hand quilted.
44 x 44
Single-use plastic bags, cotton thread.
Machine pieced, hand quilted.
72 x 112
Single-use plastic shopping bags, cotton thread.
Machine pieced, hand quilted.
Inspired by Amish patchwork design and practice of making do with what is at hand.
65 x 65
Single-Use plastic shopping bags, cotton thread.
Machine pieced, hand quilted.
Pieced on a sewing machine, quilted by hand.
Created for MQG Color Challenge 2023
