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I emphasize the sacredness and sentience of plants—beings with whom humans have co-evolved and shared their surroundings. "The Thread That Holds” is an ongoing project that reflects on the wisteria vine, a climbing plant that grows in my garden. This migrant plant thrives in a nonnative environment, extending runners that sense, touch, and wrap around objects as they grow. Its dynamic qualities—adaptability, flexibility, and sacred geometry—are integrated into abstract sculptures that embody both the spiritual essence of the vine and my intuitive experiences with it. 

 

Rooted in values of affection, interconnectedness, and kinship, the work evolves as a ritual of handwaving and healing, offering a medium for communion between humans and the natural world. Drawing inspiration from ecofeminist Donna Haraway, I approach the creation of stems and runners of wisteria as channels of communication—echoing ideas of “tentacular thinking” and speculative feminism. In the work, speculative fabulation, shamanic practice, and storytelling converge, bridging between human sensibility and the arborescent intelligence of plants. ​In this context, sculptural weaving is a manifestation of sustainable slow work, a process that resists detachment from the material process and demands presence. It becomes a devotional act that connects to the ancient origins of basket-making and loom weaving where structure and sensibility emerge through the rhythm of hands moving across the fiber.

 

The woven pattern in the sculptures evokes the structure of the plant cells and the organic growth inherent in the natural world.​ The practice predominantly involves hand-spinning and dyeing paper, reversing industrially processed material into an organic abstract form reminiscent of wisteria’s runners, stems, pods, and flowers. Through labor-intensive weaving and sustained handwork, the paper regains its organic presence, highlighting the transformation of matter and the cyclical patterns of life.

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