Shoreline Roamers: Lore and Embodiment
Traditional East Coast hand-hooked rug making—characterized by utility, material reuse, and pictorial storytelling—is reconfigured into a collection of land-immersive masks and sculptures. Drawing from settler folklore, craft, and landscape, the work speculates how woodland spirits might camouflage and roam the wild. Some masks adopt animal characteristics, while all depict wild locations dear to me. As a collection, the pieces transport viewers to Canadian dreamscapes and shorelines.
Milkweed, Immersion Vest
Hand Hooked, Hand Beaded on Linen, Camping Tarpaulin Fabric, Yarn, Re-purposed Textiles, Metallic Textiles, Beads, 2026
Goldenrod, Immersion Vest
Hand Hooked, Hand Beaded on Linen, Hand Dyed Wool with Goldenrod, Camping Tarpaulin Fabric, Yarn, Re-purposed Textiles, Metallic Textiles, Faux leather, Beads, 2025
Red Sumac, Immersion Vest
Hand Hooked, Hand Beaded on Linen, Camping Tarpaulin Fabric, Yarn, Re-purposed Textiles, Metallic Textiles, Beads, 2025
Shoreline Roamer
Digital Print. Hand Hooked Mask & Shoulder Piece. Hand Hooked Re-purposed Textiles, Metallic Sheen Textiles, Yarn, 2021
La Manche Park
Land Mimicry Mask. Hand Hooked, Re-purposed Textiles, Metallic Sheen Textiles, Yarn, 2020
Great Blue Heron (The Hearn Power Plant)
Hand Hooked Yarn, Re-purposed Textiles, Metallic Textiles, Leather, Clay, Glass Beads, 2025
A Burning Memory
Sand and Stones
Where the Turtles Lay
Hand Hooked Re-purposed Textiles, Drift Wood, Beads, 2023
Winter Staghorn Sumac
Land Walker in the Sumac
Digital Print. Land Mimicry Mask, Hand Hooked Re-purposed Textiles, Sumac Dyed and Hand Spun Wool, Glass Beads, 2022
Shoreline
Hand Hooked Re-purposed Textile, Hand Tanned Trout Leather, 2021
Shoreline Roamer: Spawning Capelin
Digital Print. Hand Hooked Mask & Shoulder Piece. Re-purposed Textiles, Yarn, Glass Beads, 2021
The Sisters
Digital Print. Rug Hooked Masks & Shoulder Pieces. Re-purposed Textiles, Yarn, Glass Beads, 2021
Northern Gannet
Land Mimicry Mask, Hand Hooked Yarn, Re-purposed Textile, Hand Tanned Cod Fish Leather, Mixed Media 2023
(Au)gust Headlands
Digital print. Fields of towering, swaying Goldenrod blanket the Leslie Spit headlands in Toronto. They are at their tallest and brightest golden yellow in the waining days of August when the sun thinks about setting. The symbol for gold on the periodic table of elements is (Au) or Aurum. 2023
Goldenrod
Land Mimicry Mask. Hand Hooked, Goldenrod Dyed and Hand Carded Sheep's Wool, Hand Tanned Trout Fish Leather, Re-purposed Textiles, Metallic Textiles, Yarn, 2023
Marchland Mimicry
Land Mimicry Mask. Hand Hooked Yarn, Re-purposed Textiles, Glass Beads, 2020
Marshland Mimicry In Progress)
Land Mimicry Mask, Hand Hooked Yarn, Rpurposed Textiles, Glass Beads, 2020
Wild Strawberries
Hand Hooked Textiles, Yarn, Clay, Glass Beads, 2025
Bread Crumb Trail
Hand Hooked Yarn, Re-purposed Textiles, Clay, Glass Beads, 2023
Capelin Eggs
Hand Hooked Yarn, Re-purposed Textiles, Hand Tanned Trout Fish, Glass Beads, 2023
Spawning Capelin
Kinetic Sculpture, Hand Hooked Yarn, Re-purposed Textiles, Glass Beads, 2021
Spawning Capelin Installation
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Hand Hooked Yarn, Re-purposed Textiles, Glass Beads, 2021
Beached
Kinetic Sculpture, Hand Hooked Yarn, Re-purposed Textiles, Glass Beads, 2021
Beached, Installation
Hand Hooked Yarn, R-epurposed Textiles, Glass Beads, 2021
Bakeapples for Allan
Hand Hooked Yarn, Re-purposed Textiles, Clay, Glass Beads, 2023