If I Could Be the Sea
(2022)
If I Could Be the Sea is a manifestation of the desire to (re)turn to water and become as boundless as the sea. At the end of the pursuit of the horizon is the discovery that it leads back into itself.
The initial inspiration for the collection came from Clarissa Pinkola Estés, who said in her book Women Who Run With the Wolves, “When spirit becomes heavy, it turns to water... Therefore the way of the soul... leads to water.”
From this, I imagined pants that were waterlogged, pulling the wearer from the safety of the shore into the ocean foam and waves. The textures were inspired by the undulating trails of sand, the ebb and flow of tides, and the cyclical passage of time.
While making this collection, I thought about the setting and rising of the sun, and how it descends into itself as it watches its own rippling image on the ever-shifting mirror of the sea.
The initial inspiration for the collection came from Clarissa Pinkola Estés, who said in her book Women Who Run With the Wolves, “When spirit becomes heavy, it turns to water... Therefore the way of the soul... leads to water.”
From this, I imagined pants that were waterlogged, pulling the wearer from the safety of the shore into the ocean foam and waves. The textures were inspired by the undulating trails of sand, the ebb and flow of tides, and the cyclical passage of time.
While making this collection, I thought about the setting and rising of the sun, and how it descends into itself as it watches its own rippling image on the ever-shifting mirror of the sea.
Naturally dyed cotton junk rig sail
(2022)
(2022)
Installed at Woods-Gerry Gallery (2022)
