Collages: Stitched

I have always been engaged with language, writing and typography. Narratives, sentences, words and letters are the main components of my art in any medium that I choose to work. By deconstructing a structured unit such as a book, newspaper or magazine and reconstructing it in a new form, I search for, find and create new contexts and meanings.  When I tear apart pages of newspapers, soak them in water, transform them to pulp and  make a piece of paper, the sentences become broken and words misplaced. Through this process I break apart the physical and intellectual nature of the written matter and reintroduce new possible interpretations. During the art making steps I may add more typographic elements to the composition and call out additional texts.
Slow hand stitching as a drawing element and ritual adds another dimension to my creative process which is unifying and meditative. My thread gathers and sews back fragments, connects the disconnected and forgotten.