I use knitting machines, yarn and other materials to create textiles, clothing, pieces, performances and installations. My work is materially and process driven, and the fabric that I make, manipulate, or embellish is at the core of my process. I am motivated not only by the act and history of knitting itself (one richly intertwined with gender and labor), but also take inspiration from nature; the internal and external architecture of the human body; and the emotional and physical experiences of queerness. Although I draw viewers to my work by its apparent chaos, it is tightly structured and technically rigorous at its core, generating a sense of confusion with an underpinning of order, an experience of being on the edge that is held together by carefully interrelated fixed elements.
This dialogue also includes a performance and installation project called KNITTING NATION (KN) , which utilizes a team of uniformed machine knitters to build site-specific, large-scale fabric installations. My experience with apparel and textile manufacturing, and a strong desire to perform my craft, has inspired this choreographed response to these vast and complicated industries, in which knitting machines are the tools with which to interrogate gender, sexuality, fashion, hand-crafting and industrial production in the era of globalization. This project lays bare the process of machine knitting in order to demonstrate the complex and fascinating nature of this medium, which is one representation of many human-dependent and physically demanding textile and garment making processes and traditions.