I inherited a few large dolls from my mother and grandmother. Having printed directly from my body in the past, printing from the bodies of these dolls felt natural. I combined them with tools, bones, phone chords, and useless pieces of tech. Evoking a sense of disconnect, replacing the human with digital tools as well as the fear of our own mortality. The intention of this work lives at the intersection of external forces - artificial intelligence, climate change, political unrest – and internal struggles – identity, substance abuse, family trauma and memory combining to create powerfully transformative images.

direct printing on muslin,mounted on canvas/acrylic • 2023/4

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