ARTIST STATEMENT
Revised Febuary 2026
Using handwoven overshot cloth as a direct analog for the queer body, I explore the limits of bodily autonomy, body modification, and the flesh in pursuit of a utopian form. Overshot is a weave structure with an inherently unstable history, and its largely invented place in the Western weaving canon mimics the invented categories queer people are forced to exist within. In an era of incredible restriction to queer self-expression, my work asks what would happen if we were to make alterations/augmentations/modifications beyond the limits of our human bodies, what potential is there in gutting/flaying/amputation in pursuit of a utopian constructed form? Through cutting, sewing, rending, mending, pulling, poking, prodding, tying, and tucking my weaving, I aim to break down the preciousness of handwoven cloth and by extension, the flesh of the bodies it represents. The loom is my operating theater and I aim to see how far I can push the forms I create under the shuttle's knife.