One’s media holds not only the weight of the artist but also their subject matter. Each mark is made intentionally and with a purpose, meant to harbor deeper connections to the world surrounding it. Drawings allow one to capture one's focus clearly and concisely. Showing the viewer all that is meant to be absorbed. Textiles, on the other hand, in Fine Art, often have astigmatism and are often classified as a craft rather than a serious medium. Being overlooked for its feminine attributes and warm tendencies, I have fused the two concepts to actualize fiber drawings. Merging the intensive attention to diverse mark-making and the tactile aspect of storytelling, endangered species is the motif prominently being discovered and reimagined in this textile studio. By combining new and ancestral techniques, abstract fiber drawings are constructed to bring awareness and life back to neglected wildlife. The knotted and tangled forms and figures create a sense of tactile longing, causing the viewer to reach out. This multisensory viewing experience establishes a dialogue between the existing piece and the individual making contact. By honing my subject's unrecognizability and sampling only the hues found in its form, the abstracted silhouette plays with the concept of the species' oblivion in the work and its environment. Thus, creating a working relationship between the two. The piece cannot exist without the subject. And the viewer cannot experience the subject if they aren't willing to tangle themselves with the wildlife's descent.

One’s media holds not only the weight of the artist but also their subject matter. Each mark is made intentionally and with a purpose, meant to harbor deeper connections to the world surrounding it. Drawings allow one to capture one's focus clearly and concisely. Showing the viewer all that is meant to be absorbed. Textiles, on the other hand, in Fine Art, often have astigmatism and are often classified as a craft rather than a serious medium. Being overlooked for its feminine attributes and warm tendencies, I have fused the two concepts to actualize fiber drawings. Merging the intensive attention to diverse mark-making and the tactile aspect of storytelling, endangered species is the motif prominently being discovered and reimagined in this textile studio. By combining new and ancestral techniques, abstract fiber drawings are constructed to bring awareness and life back to neglected wildlife. The knotted and tangled forms and figures create a sense of tactile longing, causing the viewer to reach out. This multisensory viewing experience establishes a dialogue between the existing piece and the individual making contact. By honing my subject's unrecognizability and sampling only the hues found in its form, the abstracted silhouette plays with the concept of the species' oblivion in the work and its environment. Thus, creating a working relationship between the two. The piece cannot exist without the subject. And the viewer cannot experience the subject if they aren't willing to tangle themselves with the wildlife's descent.