about

Art has always been omnipresent in my life, often arriving in bursts of chaotic inspiration that occasionally pushed the limits of acceptable childhood behavior. At age seven, I was famously caught by my mother—an avid antique collector—trying to “repair” the inlay of an 18th-century Boulle table using a mallet and craft glue. (Spoiler: Elmer’s is not a recommended restoration material.) My technique may have been questionable, but the gesture was, in its own way, heartfelt—and maybe even a little brilliant.

Today, I channel that same scrappy, heartfelt energy into a multidisciplinary practice that spans sculpture, painting, fiber, printmaking, and digital manipulation. I’m drawn to secondhand and “once-loved” materials, often sewing, mending, or reimagining objects that already carry their own stories. My work plays with the tension between softness and structure, echoing the messy, layered process of feeling deeply.

My studio is a patchwork of the sentimental and the strange: stuffed animals awaiting surgery, scraps of fabric with ambiguous past lives, ceramic fragments that didn’t survive the kiln but insist on being included anyway. There’s usually a sense of play—but it’s underpinned by something stickier: grief, memory, the need to make sense of complicated emotions. Whether I’m screenprinting a series of tender oddities or building a soft sculpture with hidden weights inside, I want my work to invite people to look closer, laugh a little, and maybe wince with recognition.

For more about my art practice, checkout my website: https://electramakes.com/