Puddles As Portals

Puddles are Portals. They are Gateways, entry points to alternate Dimensions and Spaces. They are Doorways. Transitions. Holes in the fabric of reality.

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Exploring the role of narrative and world-making in my creative process, I am interested in soft escapism and the slowness that creates space for healing, comfort, and care. I find myself submerged in multimedia making: wire-wrapping and beading with both gravel and crystals, navigating glitch digital-editing techniques as I explore pot-holes and the disintegrating landscape through interactive installations. I explore the intersections of language between craft and the ways in which we describe our universe. Astrophysics fascinates me, and craft is so extraordinary in its everyday-ness. Craft and fibers are a communal experience and what better way could there be for us to define our universe than with the language of craft? I take these words (fabric of the universe, black holes, warping of space/time) and I extrapolate narratives, creating the remnants of these stories. Holes in socks become black holes in the space time continuum, puddles become portals, and I become a traveler exploring this otherworldly “Somewhere.”