oh, Mother

Inspired by the myth that storks carry babies to lonely partners, this project explores the relationship between a mother and child. Bringing focus to the sacrifice of family, viewers interpret the piece as they do their relationship with their mothers; is the stork trapped, trying to violently get to its egg, dead and leaving their child abandoned, or simply protecting its child?

Made of a cardboard structure, covered in individually cut and layered paper feathers, the stork rests on a crocheted net with a broken neck attached to its wax-covered beak. Below is a clay egg wrapped in a red satin blanket with a poem about the piece.

2022 // Cardstock, cardboard, glue, yarn, wax // 220” x 58 “ x 48 “