Ectoplasm

I work with materials and processes in a metaphorical way. I find connections to art and the making of art with psychic processes and exploring the invisible. Residue, transformation, and energy are all investigated through a range of materials. This work is inspired by 19th and 20th century spirit photography, specifically of female mediums producing ectoplasmic materializations. These works on vellum explore the materialization phenomena of ectoplasm as artistic production and combines the metaphors of light and translucency with the nebulous and smoke-like representation of an apparition. Like a ghost, this gestural record looks almost as though it belongs in another dimension or is documentation of a spiritual encounter.