In my ongoing series Sails, Freq Flags, and Bonnets for Space Exploration, I work with found textiles—quilts beyond repair, drop cloths, vintage scraps—alongside acrylic paint and India ink, to create mixed-media assemblages that meditate on power, protection, and transformation. 

This body of work began with an imagining I had of a majestic old tall ship.  I saw intricate patchwork sails, maneuvering the ship elegantly and powerfully along the constantly shifting surface of the ocean.  In my vision the sails were covered in colorful mends, mysterious symbols, sigils, and patterns. The resulting sails are meditations on power, creativity, and the culmination of experiences alchemized for maximum propulsion. These works are both talismans and tools: sails to catch the wind of imagination, flags to signal inner frequencies, and bonnets to shield and amplify the self on its voyage through inner space.

I draw on domestic traditions of sewing and mending passed down through generations in my family—, quilting, patching, sail repair,—and channel them into a kind of speculative folk art. The materials carry time and wear, bearing histories I can only partially access. Through stitching, painting, and layering, I offer them new roles—as sacred garments, ritual objects, or navigational gear for a future that values repair, complexity, and play.

This work imagines survival not just as endurance, but as joyfully outfitting ourselves for the unknown with the scraps we’ve inherited and reimagined.