(tapestry/banner) Media: Gifted jean fabric from my May residency @azule.arts (NC), my hair, ash tree limb from our yard, white rope found on the street, used burlap, domesticated store-bought feathers, avocado skin dye, coffee stain, polymer clay (baked) for buttons, animal print fabric fr a garage sale, fluffy scarf fr thrift store, wire, thread, red acrylic paint Dimensions: 24" X28" Completed: 2022 Contact me for purchase
Holding Mrs. Csirke, Hoping ...
Media: Photographs taken during my residency at Art Farm, Marquette, Nebraska, when Mrs. Csirke was one week to three weeks old Completed: 2022 Contact me for purchase
I Took Care of
Mrs. Csirke
Media: Media: Burlap, rusting process, acrylic paint, found objects (old frame and wooden wings). Mrs. Csirke can either be a McNugget or a reproducer. Actually, she has no choice. A cross in the background alludes to a distortion of a Judeo-Christian belief about human dominion over the natural world. Dimensions: 16" height (with strings hanging down), 22" width Completed: 2022 Contact me for purchase
Mrs. Csirke's Birth Entails But Two ...
Everyone knows hens aren't cut out to be weather vanes .... Media: Fabric, found objects (metal, string, old frame, plastic), polymer clay (baked) Dimensions: 10.5" height, 8.5" width Completed: 2022 Contact me for purchase
Mrs. Csirke
Dreams in Vane
Media: scrap fabric and rope, polyester batting, scrap bamboo, my hair, domesticated store-bought feathers w my onion skin dye, thread: fabric, embroidery, wax. Acrylic paint for dowel. Coffee to dye rope and fabric. (In this tapestry, Mrs. Hen is reading a map so she can escape her plight of reproduction/the meat industry.) Dimensions: 38" width, 50" height Completed: 2022 Contact me for purchase
Mrs. Csirke Eyes an Escape Route
Media: Baby sleeper from thrift store, found objects, Dominique hen feather (bird unharmed), polymer clay (baked), found object (old frame), shells, moss, twigs, and pods from taking walks Dimensions: 10" height, 8" width Completed: 2022 Contact me for purchase
Mrs. Csirke Gives Birth to Them ...
Media: handmade paper from recycled paper, banana plants, pond algae, palm fronds, and papaya leaf stems, Eupatorium/blue mist and Turk’s Cap seeds (native to the Rio Grande Valley, where I live), turmeric dye, avocado skin dye, parsley dye, coffee dye, wood glue and saw dust (for middle paper), scrap metal from Art Farm residency (Marquette, NE), thread, yarn, old picture frame and wood found in Completed: 2022 Contact me for purchase.
Mrs. Csirke Releases ...
Media: My mom's old jean dress, wood from a walk in Indiana, my hair, antique lace, plastic net from a wine bottle; onion skin & avocado skin dye, coffee stain; feathers, wax and fabric thread, posca marker. Dimensions: 29" x 29" Completed: 2022 Contact me for purchase.
Media: My mom's old jean dress, dead wood from my walk in Indiana, my hair, antique lace, plastic net from a wine bottle; onion skin & avocado skin dye, coffee stain; domesticated store-bough feathers, wax and fabric thread, Posca marker Dimensions: 29" x 29" Completed: 2022 Contact me for purchase
Media: My mom's old jean dress, wood from a walk in Indiana, my hair, antique lace, plastic net from a wine bottle; onion skin & avocado skin dye, coffee stain; feathers, wax and fabric thread, posca marker. Dimensions: 29" x 29" Completed: 2022 Contact me for purchase.
Mrs. Csirke Meets the Csirke Sandwich
Media: Fabric, natural dye, Posca markers, found objects (ABC frame, rusted metal wire, string), glass for frame Dimensions: 11.75" height, 8.25 width Completed: 2022 Contact me for purchase
Mrs. Csirke Learns to Read & Write ...
Media: Media: papier-mâché (with chicken wire armature), fabric negligee, found objects (toaster oven, moldy bread), acrylic paint, clear acrylic spray paint. Dimensions: 63" height, 28" width, 22" depth (This sculpture with a working oven indicates societal roles for many women: harlot or wholesome homemaker. In my Mrs. Csirke series, I connect reproduction, animals, the meat industry, and gender, based on my experiences in the rural Midwest. Completed: 2022 Contact me for purchase
Mrs. Csirke: Nothin' Says Lovin' Like ...
(This is in protest of the Rowe v. Wade reversal by SCOTUS. Mrs. Chicken is protecting her diamond.) Media: Handmade banana plant paper, algae paper: algae fr. our 13’ x 20’ pond, parts of palm frond, white vinegar, avocado skin dye, turmeric dye, coffee stain, burlap, painted wood from my sister. Dimensions: 17.5" x 31" Completed: 2022 Contact me for purchase
Mrs. Csirke Protests
(Tapestry/banner) Media: Skirt, sweater, and baby clothes from thrift store, glue, branches and twine, red avocado skin dye, bamboo stick found at Art Farm (Marquette, NE) during my residency, onion bags Dimensions: 3" depth, 45" height, 49" width Completed: 2022 Contact me for purchase
Mrs. Csirke Rises
Media: earthenware (cone 04), copper oxide stain, underglaze, glaze, found object (serving tray from our kitchen), white feathers, feathers from Dominique chicken (unharmed) Dimensions: 16.25" height, 12.25" width, 2" depth Completed: 2022 Contact me for purchase
Mrs. Csirke,
Très Jolie
This tapestry/banner combines ancient Greek sculpture, wholesomeness, fast food, and sexuality. The drumsticks on each dowel have human breasts and bikini bottoms. Media: My mom's jean dress, thrift store red/white fabric, gesso, acrylic paint; old rope, bamboo & dowels, domesticated feathers & my hair (in tassel), polyester batting, thread, polymer clay (baked), wire, Posca marker Dimensions: 26" height, 28" width Completed: 2022 Contact me for purchase
Pet Mrs. Csirke
Media: Fabric, rusting process, yarn, polymer clay (baked), acrylic paint, feathers (Dominique hen, unharmed), found object (frame), homemade batting from rags, rocks, wood, metal scraps Dimensions: 8.5" height, 6" width, 1.5" depth Completed: 2022 Contact me for purchase