Touch this material and it will be cold.
Hold this material and it will be warm.
Injecting my hormones in my tshirt, jean shorts, and glass slippers.
Cinematography: Rosalina Michele
Drawing up my estrogen, with my glass bandage around my neck.
Cinematography: Rosalina Michele
Glass Quilt, 2024
Each swatch is an assembly of peyote stitched glass beads, connected by needle and thread. Although materialized for color testing for a larger scale thesis project, I loved how they linked on their own. I feel the process of working with this material is much like quilt making, both mediums having unpredictable qualities, forcing you to adapt to the form you are left with as you build it.
The quilt has been a vehicle in truly understanding the full intent and influence of the larger scale idea. While being an important physical development in this project, it also feels like a significant piece of a more intangible, unfolding visualization.
Glass Bandage, 2025.
The backs of my bandaids, post injection. My blood spots graphed and beaded.
Harden My Blood, It Will Flow Forever.
Glass Bow, Later knotted and used for a trim.
Photo: Bali Chu-Mehrer. Model: Ian Nicastro.
Photo: Bali Chu-Mehrer. Model: Ian Nicastro.
Photo: Bali Chu-Mehrer. Model: Ian Nicastro.
Photo: Bali Chu-Mehrer. Model: Ian Nicastro.
Photo: Bali Chu-Mehrer. Model: Ian Nicastro.
Photo: Bali Chu-Mehrer. Model: Ian Nicastro.
Photo: Bali Chu-Mehrer. Model: Ian Nicastro.
Photo: Bali Chu-Mehrer. Model: Ian Nicastro.
Photo: Bali Chu-Mehrer. Model: Ian Nicastro.
Photo: Bali Chu-Mehrer. Model: Ian Nicastro.
Photo: Bali Chu-Mehrer. Model: Ian Nicastro.
Photo: Bali Chu-Mehrer. Model: Ian Nicastro.
Photo: Bali Chu-Mehrer. Model: Ian Nicastro.
Photo: Bali Chu-Mehrer. Model: Ian Nicastro.
Photo: Bali Chu-Mehrer. Model: Ian Nicastro.
Photo: Bali Chu-Mehrer. Model: Ian Nicastro.
Photo: Bali Chu-Mehrer. Model: Ian Nicastro.
Photo: Bali Chu-Mehrer. Model: Ian Nicastro.
Photo: Justicia Wilson
Only me and my bandaid, post injection. Maybe that’s enough.