Star Matter

Cyanotype murals, fabric prints, and film, ongoing

The elements in our bodies were made in stars. Star Matter asks what it means to be human in this time and space, made of the same material as the world around us. Two 5x7 foot cyanotype murals place the figure with milkweed, a plant long associated with transformation. In one, the figure floats in water. In the other, milkweed frames the edges and holds her. Smaller fabric prints, printed as negatives and left raw and unraveling at the edges, bring a more photographic figure into dialogue with the photograms. A looping cyanotype film, with each frame printed, scanned, and assembled, is in development. The work is rooted in earth, water, and air, and it is about transformation. The process stays open to the unknown, and I follow curiosity and instinct to make each image.