Students Need to Bring:

Scissors that you don't mind cutting plastic bags with (Domenica will have a handful available to borrow) and your favorite 2mm hook (Domenica will have a handful available to borrow or purchase a la carte)

Bio: 

I am a Hispappalachian mixed media artist, using heritage textile and fiber art techniques to create
heirloom artworks from waste plastics. My goal with this work is to shift the developed world’s
collective view of plastic from “disposable” to “heirloom material” by highlighting its operational life
through the context of heritage crafts. Plastic is a “legacy material” even if we treat it as disposable.
My pieces are geared toward all the thoughtful, curious people who enjoy the unexpected combination.
Kind souls who aren’t content with letting the natural environment be consumed by industry also enjoy
my work. Plastic is a heirloom material. Durable, flexible, reusable, and colorful, making it lasting and
fun to work with. My work is heavily influenced by a combination of the skills taught to me by the
women in my life and the aesthetics of Catalan Modernism and Art Nouveau. The work is equally likely
to feature Gaudi-style mosaics, swirling natural forms or stitches that would be at home on an heirloom
your grandmother made.

BFA Concentrating in Graphic Design
Shepherd University, Shepherdstown, WV
Class of 2012

Recipient of the West Virginia Department of Arts Culture & History
Professional Development Grant - 2022

I have led workshops with a variety of community arts spaces over the past 5 years including:
- Clay Center for the Arts & Sciences
- Beckley Art Center
- Parkersburg Art Center
- Mycelium Art Supplies & Community Space
- Elkins Sewing Center

My work has been part of the traveling group rug hooking exhibition “Stories are Made Loop by Loop”
Curated by Susan Feller. This exhibition has toured 4 locations across WV, PA, VA, & OH.
- Schwenkfelder Library & Heritage Center
- Dairy Barn Arts Center
- Virginia Quilt Museum
- Clay Center for the Arts & Sciences