Queer Shrouds
Currently, I am creating “Queer Shrouds” an archiving/myth-making project in response to acquiring a collection of vintage gay erotica from a queer elder during the pandemic.
Making prints of this archive on fabric is a labor of love and alchemy. Cyanotype, and solar reactive dyes allow me to capture ghostly shadows of this queer treasure including images from my own works, along with images of 16th century witch-hunting manuscripts.
The synthesis of these images is creating a living breathing project that allows me to present my experience with trying to invent and come to terms with my own sense queerness, and to share that publicly in hopes of resonating with others in search of stories and identities that might normally be invisible/erased/or hidden.