Companion Species
Companion Species (Ancient One)
2017 bronze, reclaimed wool blanket (artist's grandmother's) and western walnut 6 1/2" x 10 1/2" x 8 3/4" Sold
Companion Species (Repose)
2017 solid crystal on western walnut 9" x 23" x 10 1/2" Sold
Companion Species (Observer)
2017 solid crystal on western walnut 8 1/2" x 17" x 35" Sold
Companion Species (Listening)
2017 reclaimed wool and embroidery floss 10 1/2" x 35 3/4" Sold
Companion Species (Canopy)
2016 reclaimed wool blankets, embroidery floss and thread 99" x 94" Sold
Companion Species (Canopy)
2016 reclaimed wool blankets, embroidery floss and thread 96" x 156" Sold
Companion Species (Cosmos)
2017 reclaimed wool blankets, embroidery floss, 24k gold wrapped silk embroidery floss and thread 31" x 37" Sold
Companion Species
2017 reclaimed wool blankets, thread and embroidery floss 15 1/2" x 23 1/2" Sold
Companion Species (Fortress)
2017 reclaimed wool blankets, thread and embroidery floss 11" x 17 1/2" Sold
Companion Species (Words)
2017 copper plate etching 16 1/2" x 22 1/4" edition of 20 Sold
Companion Species: Ferocious Mother and Canis Familiaris
2017 reclaimed wool blankets, embroidery floss, and thread 108" x 217" Sold
Companion Species (Envelop)
2017 reclaimed wool blankets, satin binding, thread and embroidery floss 14 1/2" x 20" Sold
Companion Species (Mother)
2017 copper plate etching 16 1/2" x 22 1/4" edition of 20 Available
In(compatibility): Guide
2017 glass and czech glass seed beads 12" x 6" x 6" Available
In(compatibility): Woven Reds
2017 glass and czech glass seed beads 12 1/2" x 5 1/2" x 5 1/2" Available
In(compatibility): Woven Reds Frayed
2017 glass and czech glass seed beads 15 1/2" x 5 3/4" x 5 3/4" Available
Artists
Statement
Seneca and Haudenosaunee (People of the Long House) people believe animals to be our First Teachers. From this viewpoint, it is interesting to consider how other cultures hold their relationship with animals, and by extension the greater natural world. Companion Species addresses the reciprocal relationship humans have with nature, and our responsibilities as responsive stewards.
Part of my inquiry included The Companion Species Manifesto by scholar Donna Haraway which not only references our intertwined relationships with flora and fauna, but reflects on human relationships with dogs, Canis lupus familiaris. In this text, Haraway describes the joint lives of dogs and people: the bond of “significant otherness.” I was compelled by the idea of dogs acting as “partners in the crime of human evolution.”
Which brings me to the image of La Lupa Capitolina or the Etruscan she-wolf nursing Remus and Romulus. In my studio, my own depiction of the She-Wolf’s body has become an 8 x 13 foot canopy. This piece offers shelter and protection to myself and my visitors. The She-Wolf has been my inspiration and companion in the making of this work.