Dresses is a project that marries in a tongue-n-cheek mannerism the gallery art aesthetic to the female sweatshop craft and the practically useless to the much used and fetishized

Girl in Earnest, hand-stitched embroidery with hand-dyed thread on 19th century vintage linen and silk undergarment that belonged to the artist's great grandmother

Self-Portrait on Grandfather’s Wedding Gown, hand-stitched embroidery with hand-dyed thread on 19th century vintage linen nightgown worn by the artist’s grandfather and great-grandfather on their wedding nights and passed on to the artist for the same use

Ladies: Do Not Pass Urine Here, hand-stitched embroidery on vintage French linen 1920s nightgown with imagery replicating photos the artist took of the red light district in Bombay, India

Isadora&Teresa: Portrait of a Friendship, hand-stitched embroidery with hand-dyed thread on 19th century vintage linen dancing gown reportedly worn by Isadora Duncan given to the artist by her grandniece; the title of the piece refers to a self-portrait of Teresa de Lempicka, a contemporary of Isadora, which is echoed on the front drawing; the back drawing echoes classical Greek painted self-portraits which inspired Isadora’s classical Greek reenactments

Thread Bare Eros, hand-stitched embroidery on vintage French silk 1920s nightgown obtained by the artist in French countryside