Teddy Chrissy (self-portrait) Sculpture

Born in Hawaii, raised in Princeton, New Jersey, lives and works in New York City. My sculptures are portraits of my personal struggles. Their success depends on my ability to confront and expose my deepest feelings. I examine such issues as my waning reproductive years, my vulnerability in dating and my submission to parental influence. Then I choose appropriate materials to best realize the work."Chrissy Caviar" was conceived as a way to deal with my looming 40th Birthday and address my life situation. I took fertility shots over the course of 6 weeks and then underwent surgery to retrieve 13 eggs from my ovaries. These were packaged and offered for sale. Human caviar as the most precious perishable luxury item because reproduction is the ultimate gift one can share."Teddy Chrissy" emerged from 25 years of dating frustration and how vulnerable I am as a single woman. To show these feelings in an artwork, I replaced the fur of a stuffed teddy bear with stainless steel pins. The pins stick out as a self-protective armor. My painstaking technique of pushing each pin by hand through the fabric in tight rows led to a personal catharsis."Chrissy Skin Rug represents my relationship to my parents. The rug is a silicone rubber cast of my bare skin. I position myself as a human rug on a wooden floor with an open mouth and eyes that gaze suggestively upward. Parental influences from childhood continue to suppress me, long after I have grown up and they have gone.
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