Instruments of Urgency

Woven potholder, Las Vegas lighter holder, tweezers, frayed rope, framed photograph.

Ghosts

Woven wicker plate holder, Harley Davidson t-shirt, meal studs, dyed spanish moss (tillandsia usneoides), glass jar, blood, hair.

Oscar's Birthday

Wood from Oscar's house, red danger barricade tape, american flag patch, melted birthday candles, upholstery foam, epiphytic bromeliad.

449 MC

Father's wallet, 2008 student ID, brother's portrait, American Express card, Fedex Kinkos card, Borders Books card, Blockbuster card, receipts, epiphytic bromeliad.

The Difference Between an Asshole and a Good Samaritan

Louis Vuitton handbag (Murakami, 2003), epiphytic bromeliads, water.

Kids From Florida Aren't Cool

Red flannel sleeve cut from Emily Stebbin's shirt in 2005, woven pot holder, wooden bowl, spanish moss, epiphytic bromeliads, water, blue embroidery.

Teenage Southern Folklore

T-shirt, embroidered napkin, dyed spanish moss, denim, zipper, brown thread, polyester stuffing.

Re Seal

Woven wicker plate holder, glass window decoration, altered United States Flag, moss, epiphytic bromeliad (tillandsia fasciculata), ball-moss (tillandsia recurvata) tree branch, water.

The Neighbor

Wood, orange plastic fence, epiphytic bromeliad (tillandsia fasciculata), water.

Inventing Ancestry

Altered Florida State Flag, acrylic paint, blue lace from my mother's childhood ballet costume.

2012