Whitework

(2015-2018)

Whitework is a series of home decor and wearable items that confront white women’s roles in the establishment and maintenance of white supremacy. Using whitework embroidery and other white-on-white techniques these works illustrate the subtle and violent methods that white women have used to enact racial violence. The everyday nature of these objects reminds us that these histories and actions surround us in all that we do. 

Cleanliness is Next to Godliness, 2018, 22”x16”, hand embroidery and rope on cotton fabric

The Throne of Equality or the Invisible Journey, 2017, 44”x 23”x 21”, hand embroidery, fabric, vintage chair, polymer clay

A Perfect (white) Woman, 2018, 64"x 84", hand embroidery, beads, linen and polyester curtain, curtain rods, and rope

A (white) Woman’s Work, 2016, 34"x 43", hand embroidery, cotton fabric, batting

The Heroine’s Veil, 2016, 38"x 46", hand embroidery on silk fabric