the yellow wallpaper
The Yellow Wallpaper
Inspired by Charlotte Perkins Gilman's landmark feminist story The Yellow Wallpaper and a daily ritual that began during graduate school at Vermont College of Fine Arts, this photographic series explores confinement, identity, and transformation through surreal, hand-built figures.
Each morning, I took long walks and began collecting sturdy pinecones I found along the way. Around the same time, I was deeply immersed in Gilman's unsettling story of confinement, identity, and psychological unraveling.
After a conversation with my mentor, artist Ellen Rothenberg, who asked, "How can you use your daily practice as part of your art?" something unexpectedly clicked.
I began combining pinecones with plastic doll arms, legs, and shoes, creating strange female figures that felt unsettling, vulnerable, humorous, and oddly alive. I photographed them against glowing yellow backgrounds inspired by the atmosphere of Gilman's story.
What began as an ordinary daily habit slowly evolved into an entire surreal world.
Inspired by Charlotte Perkins Gilman's landmark feminist story The Yellow Wallpaper and a daily ritual that began during graduate school at Vermont College of Fine Arts, this photographic series explores confinement, identity, and transformation through surreal, hand-built figures.
Each morning, I took long walks and began collecting sturdy pinecones I found along the way. Around the same time, I was deeply immersed in Gilman's unsettling story of confinement, identity, and psychological unraveling.
After a conversation with my mentor, artist Ellen Rothenberg, who asked, "How can you use your daily practice as part of your art?" something unexpectedly clicked.
I began combining pinecones with plastic doll arms, legs, and shoes, creating strange female figures that felt unsettling, vulnerable, humorous, and oddly alive. I photographed them against glowing yellow backgrounds inspired by the atmosphere of Gilman's story.
What began as an ordinary daily habit slowly evolved into an entire surreal world.
