SPINAL CRACKER Fashion Shirt The Karen textile was built

The Karen textile was built from photos I took of frost covered grasses on a morning walk from my house

It looks like jewelry

I really leaned into the detail which was typical of that time period

26% spandex

and insects have been present in my art for decades placing my work squarely at the intersection of surrealism and nature

SPINAL CRACKER Fashion Shirt The Karen textile was builtPRODUCT DETAILS Textile Origin Story: In my thirties, a fellow artist gave me some quick instruction on skills appropriate for drawing with great detail. In a few minutes it very much clicked and I was set on a new path. "Spinal Cracker" was the first in a series of three pieces that worked in concert and were all featured in a show called "Draw Me." I was traveling between Steamboat Springs and Jackson Hole that winter while working on the show. I