TOY Series

Considering primarily form, color, scale, and wearability, I’ve been creating a collection of wearable pillowed forms bordered with a scalloped edge and treated with an intense, candy-like glossy colored finish. I’ve always been enamored with the hydraulic press and have been working with pressed forms in an experimental way to create dimensional works. Color is a driving force in my work, and for certain pieces I allow the color to make the decision in terms of the form it would take. Some pieces act as small objects of play and remind me of toy vending machine prizes, pastries, and candies. The ambiguity of these forms and their ability to suggest familiar symbols and objects simply through color and form, is important to the body of work. As these pieces are created, I see new moments of play, familiarity, and places for tactility/pause to occur through varying textures, flock, and rubber inserts.