In 2021 I began experimenting with the translation of relief paper collages into concrete, through a sequential process of drawing, 3D form building, mold making, and casting, produced with the help of the fabrication studio, Concreteworks in the Bay Area.

The first project, A Pattern Language, took shape as a series of concrete quilts with motifs from a monumental paper collage made in my studio over the course of a year during the pandemic. The original collage, A Language for the Commons, is composed of 143 singular and unrepeated squares of hand-cut paper set in relief. Loosely based on the Jane Sickle Quilt completed in 1863 during the Civil War in Vermont, the project connects that historical era with our own, incorporating quilt patterns have been shared across communities in the United States for centuries, with the addition of symbols that represent equality, democracy, inclusion, queer culture, plant forms and cosmic images of the universe. (5/10 pieces from this series are available on commission)

A second larger project was completed in 2025 for the Genentech campus in South San Francisco, as part of the 1% for the Arts Initiative that allocates funding for public art in the city. This work includes a images from my studio, along with the addition of symbols created specifically for the piece that represent the ecology, history, landscape and research carried out at the stie.