in progress

 

tape shoes

 

gregor's room

 

Clay sculptures

100 objects

100 band-aids on the ceiling

100 band-aids in a bed of rose petals

100 band-aids under plants

 

dinner & a movie assignment

atelophobia

various objects and materials

inspired by the movie Black Swan

this image explores self-obsession and the consumption of perfectionism.

 

touch

 

digital collage

“Far more women than men claim to have cold hands and feet, which isn’t surprising. When the body gets cold, it protects the core organs first (which is why it’s easy to get frostbite in your extremities); in women, it protects the reproductive organs.” (Natural History of The Senses, Ackerman, page 91)

I have felt cold my entire life. There is a fear that coincides with being in the cold. There is nothing worst than being stuck in the cold when it is dark and wet outside. It is anxiety-inducing. 

digital painting

"We tend to think of torture in the name of beauty as an aberration of the ancients, but there are modern scourging parlors. People have always mutilated their skins, often enduring pain to be beautiful, as if the pain chastened the beauty, gave it the special veneer of sacrifice." (Natural History of The Senses, Ackerman, page 75)

From a young age, I was taught that beauty is pain. The first time I recall hearing the phase was in a dance class when I was very young. The costumes, covered in sequins, would cut my arms. My dance teacher told me to focus on how cute and sparkly it was, "beauty is pain".