I thought life would get easier as my daughters grew older. It didn’t. Somewhere between parenting and daily routines, I found time for art—and then had to relearn how to use it.
Finding time for art — and then forgetting to use it
Fragile Memory: A neuroscience-inspired bead embroidery of the hippocampus
"Fragile Memory" translates the colorful neural networks of the hippocampus into bead embroidery, revealing the delicate architecture behind human memory.
Not Finished: On Momentum, Memory, and Making
Returning to my art practice after a long break, I reflect on momentum, memory, and the tension between scientific accuracy and artistic intuition while finishing a beadwork piece inspired by the olfactory epithelium.
What You Don’t See in Finished Bead Embroidery (And Why It Matters)
Finished bead embroidery shows beauty, but hides the planning, decisions, and labor beneath the surface. This post looks at what polished images erase—and why understanding the process changes how a piece is seen, valued, and lived with.
Unlocking the Potential of Organoids
We live in a three-dimensional (3D) world, yet so many things we face every day are two-dimensional (2D) representations of 3D objects. From paintings and photographs to maps and architectural blueprints, the majority of human creative processes begin on a flat piece of paper. The same goes for studying biological processes in vitro. For decades,... Continue Reading →
Slowly but surely the brain is emerging
After a brief hiatus earlier this year, I am back at my art table. I am not sure what was going on with me over the past couple of months, but I just couldn’t bring myself to start a new project. I have been marinating a few ideas and deciding on the best technical approach.... Continue Reading →
Back at the art table
If you have been following my work for some time, you may have noticed that over the last several weeks I have mostly been poring over my older works and not really making anything new. I finished “Muted Potential” in early March, but I just couldn’t bring myself to start a new project. I have been marinating... Continue Reading →
The Eye of the Beholder
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. This phrase often gets thrown around when people compare their opinions of whether something (or someone) is attractive or not. Its most common interpretation is that the concept of beauty is subjective and different people may like different things. But can we put a different spin on... Continue Reading →
Long term art projects or quick wins?
A few days ago I came across this tweet. How timely! https://twitter.com/IndigenousBeads/status/1324073763101618176?s=20 I have always been a single project artist. Only a few months ago I started noticing that a lot of people that I follow on Instagram work on multiple projects at once. I started thinking that although it may interrupt the sense of... Continue Reading →
How to create a beautiful bead-embroidered rose on canvas
While it can often take me quite a bit of time to come up with a new idea for my next big project, I cannot sit still in the meantime. My hands have to keep creating something. Otherwise, I get restless. Here is one of my "interim" projects that I created while getting ready to... Continue Reading →
SciArt that’ll make you feel Smart 