The felt objects are made with die-cut felt and music wires. The egg-shaped felt pieces are originally ukulele picks, favored for the smooth, rich sound that they enable. In these instances, the picks and music wires are woven into a different kind of codependency and dynamic that render them silent, but translatable as in a visual score for performance.
The smock screen (smoke screen) is a play on a traditional embroidery technique that gives functional clothing stretch. The rhythmic distortion of nylon produces an optical moiré that seduces, disguises and obscures true intentions.
These pieces share the attribute of being elegantly collapsible (and portable). They are part of an exhibit entitled Kunstblatt at SG1 Kunstraum in Duisburg, Germany, running August 13 through September 10, 2018.