Orogenic Sutures
CITTA VRITTI & SUTURE
MINDFORM| LANDFORM | LETTERFORM
English Renaissance poets believed that the earth responded to humans as humans might. I believe that our minds are much more akin to geologic forces than we realize, and continuously seek analogous links to practice and prove this concept. In Orogenic Sutures, I explore the relationship between thought production and geology through a process of grafting emergent considerations and phrases known as citta vritti (repetitive, compulsive, revelatory modifications of the mind) onto land forms, revealing their relationship through textiles and textile processes as the connective tissue. Literally stitching with thread or mark builds records of these phrases as sutures to form.
Study 4, 2014.
watercolor on bfk, 14x20ish
Then All Was Quiet, 2014.
Cotton, Canvas, Thread, approx 40x60"
Land Stitch Sky II, 2015.
digital c-print on BFK, colored pencil, 9x11ish
Open the Shape, 2013.
digital c-print on found paper, gouache, pencil
Study 10, 2014.
digital print on watercolor paper with gouache
Text Ranch Fence, 2013.
digital c-print on found paper, gouache
Rouge Room, 2013.
found paper, gouache, collage
Dapple Quartz, 2015.
digital c-print on found paper, colored pencil, 9x11ish
Study 11, 2014.
digital print on watercolor paper with gouache
Stormcast, 2015.
digital c-print on BFK, colored pencil and gouache, 9x11ish
Medicine Bow Morning, 2015.
digital c-print on BFK, colored pencil, 9x11ish
Orogenic Sutures (piano), 2016.
digital c-print on BFK, colored pencil and gouache, 9x11ish
Study 1, 2014.
watercolor and gouache on bfk, 14x18"
Study: She Heard The Horn, 2013.
found paper, gouache, approx 13x16"
Geostitching II, 2013.
digital c-print on found paper, gouache
Hair Stitch, 2015.
digital c-print on BFK, colored pencil, 9x11ish
Please for You, Then Me II, 2013.
found paper, gouache, 11x17"
Pleas For You, Then Me III, 2013.
found paper, gouache, 11x17"
Time and Time Again, 2015.
digital c-print on BFK, colored pencil, 9x11ish
Study 3, 2014.
watercolor and gouache on bfk, 13x24"
Pleas For You, Then Me, 2013.
found paper, gouache, pencil, 11x17"
Just As I Took Them In, 2014.
Cotton, Thread approx 38x40"
Suncast Over Plains, 2015.
digital c-print on BFK, colored pencil & gouache, 9x11ish
Nibrobrian Sea Levels, 2015.
digital c-print on found paper with colored pencil, 9x11ish
Utah Speed I, 2016.
digital c-print on BFK, colored pencil, 9x11ish
Unlike Any Other, 2015.
digital c-print on BFK, colored pencil, 9x11ish
Just As I Took Them In, 2014.
Cotton, Thread approx 38x40"
Utah Speed II, 2016.
digital c-print on BFK, colored pencil, 9x11ish
Source Stitches, 2015.
digital c print on watercolor paper with pencil, 9x11ish
Closer Far Off, 2015.
digital c-print on BFK, colored pencil, 9x11ish
We Have Here, 2015.
digital c-print on found paper, colored pencil, 9x11ish
Storm Same, 2015.
digital c-print on BFK, colored pencil, 9x11ish
Study 2, 2014.
watercolor and gouache on bfk, 14x20"
Please For You, Then Me IV, 2013.
found paper, gouache, pencil, 11x17
Unearth Code, 2013.
digital c-print on found paper, gouache
Study 12, 2014.
digital print on watercolor paper with gouache
Cat's Cradle, 2015.
digital c-print on BFK, colored pencil, 9x11ish
See How Big Again, 2013.
digital c-print on found paper, gouache
Big Wheel, 2013.
digital c-print on found paper, colored pencil, 9x11ish
New Parallel, 2013.
digital c-print on found paper, gouache
Question Opinion, 2015.
digital c-print on BFK, colored pencil, 9x11ish
Study 13, 2014.
Digital print on watercolor paper, gouache
Here There, 2015.
digital c-print on BFK, colored pencil, 9x11ish
Utah Speed III, 2016.
digital c-print on BFK, colored pencil, 9x11ish
Text Mirror, 2013.
digital c print on found paper, pencil, gouache
Land Stitch Sky I, 2015.
digital c-print on BFK, colored pencil, 9x11ish
Text Forms Take, 2013.
Study on butcher paper with pencil, approx 8x13"
Blue Trail, 2016.
digital c-print on BFK, colored pencil, 9x11ish
This Big Wide Bowl, 2013.
cotton, canvas, polyester, thread, approx 36x36"
Geostitching, 2013.
digital c-print on found paper, gouache, approx 8x16"
Home, 2015.
digital c-print on BFK, colored pencil, 9x11ish