ìI make artwork that represents the idea of things being temporary and the potential that comes with it, using the visual metaphors of birds and space. I combine different printing methods to create images that tell a story with human-like characters. I am interested in how people think about their own mortality and how it affects their perspective on life. I look at contemporary illustration, art nouveau, and block prints for compositional cues to help build the work, and give it visual voice. This work is a nod to the idea of parenthood and mortality. The inner most part of the work shows the early stages of life, represented by the eggs, and moves toward death with the skeletal images and ghosts all the way on the edges. It is made by hand printing on fabric, and an intuitive sewing and quilting method.î - Livingston