Fiona is a collector of object that help to create works formed through acts of collecting shared by many hands. When my community knows I am searching for objects - wooden clogs, old boxes, trays - they begin to collect alongside me. In this way, the community becomes part of the process, not just contributors of materials but collaborators in spirit.
These collected objects become vessels for sculpture - sometimes holding a single work, sometimes many. Moving through my growing archive of boxes, clogs, or silver ware it is an intuitive process of listening and responding, discovering what belongs where and what stories each object wants to carry.
Those who collect for me are invested in the journey of the work and its final form. Their involvement gives the pieces a layered meaning, embedded with generosity, memory, and connection. My artwork is as much about community as it is about objects. I love my community, and my artwork exists because of my community.
