W A L L S O F C O N F I N E M E N T. Phoenicia NY, USA. 2020-2021

Uncoiled : 24 ft x 7 ft. Coiled : 1.75 ft x 7.5 ft

Visual Chronicle of a year-long process of sewing together a tapestry out of recycled discards in a year of COVID-19 Quarantine.

The impulse begins with the toilet paper core as a symbol of collective anxiety-terror during a historic moment of uncertainty. Empty aisles of its contents. Steam rising sipping countless cups of tea out of lockdown anxiety. Floods of online shopping - it's packaging. An uncoiling relic of an unforgettable time in the collective memory.

Materials: acrylic, gesso, stained teabags, charcoal pencil, marker, pen, bubble wrap, yellow envelopes, textured mail packaging: plastic + cardboard, produce nets, thread, tree maple, tar, thread, natural ephemera stainings, parchment paper, calligraphy practice paper, receipt paper, plastic bags, notebook paper, sumi ink, manila folders, masking tape, thread, collage on paper and mylar.