Ode to Desserts I Didn’t Eat in Public
Stoneware, Underglazes, and Acrylic
25”x 20”x 18”
As a plus size person I, like many young women, experienced various eating disorders at different times in my life. This sculpture is a shrine to the uncomfortable feeling that lingers in me at the thought of eating in public, most specifically eating desserts. It depicts a time in my youth where I would rather die than eat “unhealthy” food in front of people and confront the judgment of prying eyes.
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Stoneware, Acrylic Wash, and Fabric
12”x 8”x 13”
This piece represents the first time I experienced fatphobia in the medical industry. This is a story of deformed toes, unbelievable pain, and a prescription to lose 25 pounds as a 17 year old with bulimia.
Tampon Tax
Stoneware, Acrylic, and Textiles
9”x 11”x 13”
Femme Fatale
Stoneware, Acrylic, and Digital Drawing
Trickling Through the Gaps
Stoneware, Underglaze, and Acrylic Wash
Consume
Stoneware and Acrylic
20”x 25”x 14”
This work depicts the power imbalance of social media. On a blue platter, little eyes look up at the disfigured body illustrating who benefits from the overexposure of feminine bodies that social media offers to male counterparts. As the minority on social media, masculine people enter a buyers market for consumption of edited unrealistic female bodies. Icons around the platter highlight how social media is just the latest strain of this form of consumption, following in the footsteps of media like Playboy and Pornhub.
Fragile Egos
Stoneware, Underglaze, and Textiles
18”x 24”x 7”
This conceptual piece depicts how society coddles masculine people often at personal cost to feminine people, illustrated through color. Specifically it discusses how sexual violence is overlooked, brushed aside, and commonplace. It was created from questioning phrases like “boys will be boys” and “a promising young man who made one mistake”, and out of outrage at lenient punishment and sentencing for young men in rape cases.