I uncover the extraordinary lives of regular people through research, narrative, and hand stitching.
1413 Sixth Street, 1910
Stitched details of one home on Block 36 — its inhabitants and the state of the property.
The first of what may be a series showing who lived at 1413 Sixth Street over time and what we know about the property. Will become part of the Block 36 collection.
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Block 36
One Berkeley city block, researched across decades — surfaced in a long written narrative and four hand-stitched embroideries. The deepest investigation in my collection.
Begins in the deed records and ends in cotton thread. What "research → narrative → stitch" looks like in practice.
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Quilt Self Portrait
An autobiographical quilt, hand-stitched. Inspired by Zak Foster's DTQ approach to improv quilting: no pre-planning, no new fabric, just me, my scraps, and his prompts. Building it panel by panel.
Order and disorder, driving force, inner critic, ambition — and a phone number from childhood hidden in there too. This page updates when the work does.
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See all →Storyteller. Researcher. Stitcher.
Berkeley, California. The work begins in the archives and ends in words or in thread — sometimes both!
Four written narratives, six hand-stitched pieces, and a growing body of work that increasingly combines text and stitching.
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