I use felt sculpturally because of its plastic and historic ties to the body...Creating handmade felt is a highly percussive process, one in which many repetitive actions serve to compact the fibers. Either soap or an acid base is necessary, altering the Ph value of the hairs to make them bond.  All these factors cause me to see the fibers I make more sculpturally, and to place them in fresh contexts with both human and metaphorical resonance.

The Red Hat Series

The impulse came from her desire to utilize the gesture that wearing a hat entails. "Just putting on a hat signals some intention. The red hats I made at this time are deliberately extreme shapes, because I wanted to give them a spirit of real animation. I wanted them to be about speaking up and speaking out."