...........once upon a time there was a world: whimsical, humorous, synthetic, girly, intimate, alien, glittering, sexy, soft, innocent, explicit, humming and obscure.......... Miniature styrofoam bathtubs with yellow paper propellers move around nervously, exchanging vital substances with a drippy sack. Soft, skin-like forms, placed on antiseptic tables breath rhythmically. Nearby stones become lumps of gold, numbered meticulously, and plastacine eggs dress up in pink lace, silver gems, white feathers, and glistening pearls for a moment of decadent, dark, and luscious play.	Fictional narratives, dream worlds with anchors to the real, occupy a space between familiarity and fantasy. The environments are systems – overlapping worlds, groups and subgroups that are contrasted and united through scale, color palette, sound, form, space, and material. With the continuous pushing and pulling among the elements of this vocabulary, I am attempting to create hierarchies in which events and narratives compete and communicate. The groupings of objects and their placement within a particular space become a journey of discovery. I develop pathways for the viewer to travel, I link micro with macro worlds, encourage notions of communication, irritation, and implied	movement of the objects and ask the viewer to relate oneself to the objects and the situations they present. Materials, found objects and colorful, kitschy, decorative supplies overflow the categorized shelves and bins in my studio. In fabricating these fairy-like worlds, I knit, cut, glue, sew, find, draw, fold, select, solder, saw, paint, decorate, carve, combine and mold. Very often I start with a material, a feeling, a color, or a vague image. Obscure, intangible thoughts and sensations collect within my head and my body and step-by-step the work evolves, develops while making. In my work I am going on a journey, seeking to surprise myself.