Pockets. cast dryer lint. 2014
Pockets is an array of patterns describing the interior space of every pocket catalogued from my wardrobe. The pockets are paper casts, made exclusively from compressed dryer lint saved from numerous household washes. The lint has been carefully sorted so the pockets provide a spectrum of subtle colors derived from my clothing. These pockets contain small artifacts caught up in the lint trap–hair, thread, plant matter, paper scraps–all things collected in pockets. I utilize the signification of clothing, its relationship to both the production of gendered trades and cultural constructions of femininity, to speak about cultural embodiment. The body is present, but has to be deciphered through the artifact.
