My work is inspired by the glamorous styles of the 1930s and 1940s era of fashion, with an emphasis on expressions of nostalgic beauty.  Each piece is made of silk paper, constructed from raw silk fibers that have not yet been spun into thread or fabric.  I am interested in the formal effects generated by manipulating the paper in various ways for different three-dimensional outcomes.  I use a mixture of techniques to construct functionally impractical, yet wearable art.  In order to further the ideas of beauty and glamour, the work exploits the color pink, referencing such things as young girls playing “dress-up,” aspiring to be glamorous women.  This idea of imaginary desires has lead me to other curiosities; I am interested in the mystique of creating pieces that are wearable, yet not quite realistic, requesting the viewer to pretend and indulge in something they are not.  In a playful sense, you can step into a fantasy when you slip into glamorous fashions for the evening.  My work invites the observer to imagine herself in such a world.  In this respect, my work is a souvenir of the imagination.