Soft Work, Hard Money
Soft Work, Hard Money

Soft Work Hard Money is the knitted content page from How Women May Earn Money (1898), it expands onto nine knitted panels that lists occupations: bicycle maid, horn polisher, and cosy corners—many now obsolete. Their disappearance echoes the fragility of gendered labour histories and shifting economies, revealing value as something continually unmade and rewoven. The viewer is encouraged to unravel the knitted panels.Through touch and participation, they assume control of the process, learning to let go as the work transforms in their hands. The act of undoing becomes an exercise in agency, responsibility, and care—being in command while accepting loss.

Everything is Fine, Dumpster Fire 2
Everything is Fine, Dumpster Fire 2

“Everything is fine.”

This work explores the tension between comfort and collapse. The image of a knitted dumpster fire brings together two opposing ideas: knitting, a slow and soothing craft associated with care, warmth, and domestic calm, and the dumpster fire, a symbol of chaos, failure, and things spiraling out of control.

By rendering disaster through a patient, handmade process, the piece highlights the absurdity of our response to turmoil. The act of knitting becomes a quiet gesture of endurance—methodical, calm, and almost meditative—even as the subject itself represents disorder.

The work reflects a familiar cultural moment: recognizing that everything may be unraveling, yet continuing with small rituals of normalcy. It captures the delicate balance between denial, resilience, and dark humor. In the face of visible chaos, the repeated phrase remains: “Everything is fine.”

Resistant Fibres Resistantes
Resistant Fibres Resistantes

2025

Canada Council for the Arts

Resistant Fibres Resistantes
Resistant Fibres Resistantes

2025

Canada Council for the Arts

Resistant Fibres Resistantes
Resistant Fibres Resistantes

2025

Canada Council for the Arts

Resistant Fibres Resistante
Resistant Fibres Resistante

2025

Canada Council for the Arts

Resistant Fibres Resistantes
Resistant Fibres Resistantes

2025

Canada Council for the Arts

Resistant Fibres Resistantes
Resistant Fibres Resistantes

2025

Canada Council for the Arts

Resistant Fibres Resistantes
Resistant Fibres Resistantes

2025

Canada Council of the Arts

At Least This Is Not Another Painting
At Least This Is Not Another Painting

2025

H30 x W 24 inches

At Least This Is Not Another Painting 2
At Least This Is Not Another Painting 2
This Sentence is Purely Decorative
This Sentence is Purely Decorative
So Many People Have Inspired Me To Be Nothing Like Them
So Many People Have Inspired Me To Be Nothing Like Them

2025

H24 x W36 inches

Gallery Closed For Installation
Gallery Closed For Installation

2025

H18 x W24 inches

This Was Not Meant For You Anyway
This Was Not Meant For You Anyway

2025

Ottawa Art Gallery Fundraiser

Critics Choice

Art Work Temporarily Removed
Art Work Temporarily Removed

2025

H22 x W28 inches

Haute Mess
Haute Mess

Haute Mess

2025

H12 x W16 inches

Art Work Temporarily Removed
Art Work Temporarily Removed

2024

H 18 x W 24 inches

Lillian, Vera, Donna, Me, Iseult
Lillian, Vera, Donna, Me, Iseult

2024

H20 x W20 inches

Bien Fait / Bien Mieux
Bien Fait / Bien Mieux

2024

H 28 x W 22 inches each panel

Bien Fait (small)
Bien Fait (small)

2024

H8 x W10 inches

You Could Have Made That
You Could Have Made That

2024

H40 x W30 inches

SOLD #2
SOLD #2

2024

H2 x W2 x D2 inches

Part of The Sweetest Little Thing fundraiser

STRUTS GALLERY

SOLID YES (mini)
SOLID YES (mini)

2024

H4 x W5 inches

SOILD YES
SOILD YES

2024

H30 x W40 inches

WORTHIT
WORTHIT

2024

H18 x W24 inches

SOLD to CITY OF OTTAWA

BEST KEPT SECRET
BEST KEPT SECRET

2024

H40 x W30 inches

This Spot Reserved
This Spot Reserved

2024

H18 x W20 inches

Your Kid Could Have Made This
Your Kid Could Have Made This

2023

H40 x W30 inches

This Is A Luxury/ As If This Matters
This Is A Luxury/ As If This Matters

2023

H24 x W24 inches

Swipe Right
Swipe Right

2023

H22 x W28 inches

Let's Get Some Bread
Let's Get Some Bread

2023

H22 x W28 inches

Double Tap
Double Tap

2023

H24 x W30 inches

Essential
Essential

2023

H40 x W30 inches

It Gives Me The Feels
It Gives Me The Feels

2023

H22 x W28 inches

Place Ad Here
Place Ad Here

2023

H40 x W30 inches

Mom, I Am A Rich Man
Mom, I Am A Rich Man

2023

H24 x W24 inches

Exit Through The Gift Shop
Exit Through The Gift Shop

2023

As If This Matters
As If This Matters

2023

commission sold

This Right Here
This Right Here

2022

Keep It Tight
Keep It Tight

2022

H28 x W22 inches

Filtered
Filtered

2021

exhibition: Filtered at Ottawa Art Gallery

Filtered detail
Filtered detail

2021 Filtered at OAG

Hand Study
Hand Study

2021

each panel H22 x W28 inches

Knit Your .--.[P]Art
Knit Your .--.[P]Art

2020

Artis in residency at the Diefenbunker, Carp Ontario

Knit Your .--.[P]Art (detail)
Knit Your .--.[P]Art (detail)

2020

Artist in Residency at the Diefenbunker Museum

As If This Matters (#2)
As If This Matters (#2)

2020

BIEN FAIT
BIEN FAIT

2020

H28 x W22 inches

THIS 'N THAT
THIS 'N THAT

Each panel: H40 x W30 inches

Every Thing Not Saved Will Be Lost
Every Thing Not Saved Will Be Lost

2023

H40 x W30 inches

Climax Change
Climax Change

H28 x W22 inches

Soft Work, Hard Money
Everything is Fine, Dumpster Fire 2
Resistant Fibres Resistantes
Resistant Fibres Resistantes
Resistant Fibres Resistantes
Resistant Fibres Resistante
Resistant Fibres Resistantes
Resistant Fibres Resistantes
Resistant Fibres Resistantes
At Least This Is Not Another Painting
At Least This Is Not Another Painting 2
This Sentence is Purely Decorative
So Many People Have Inspired Me To Be Nothing Like Them
Gallery Closed For Installation
This Was Not Meant For You Anyway
Art Work Temporarily Removed
Haute Mess
Art Work Temporarily Removed
Lillian, Vera, Donna, Me, Iseult
Bien Fait / Bien Mieux
Bien Fait (small)
You Could Have Made That
SOLD #2
SOLID YES (mini)
SOILD YES
WORTHIT
BEST KEPT SECRET
This Spot Reserved
Your Kid Could Have Made This
This Is A Luxury/ As If This Matters
Swipe Right
Let's Get Some Bread
Double Tap
Essential
It Gives Me The Feels
Place Ad Here
Mom, I Am A Rich Man
Exit Through The Gift Shop
As If This Matters
This Right Here
Keep It Tight
Filtered
Filtered detail
Hand Study
Knit Your .--.[P]Art
Knit Your .--.[P]Art (detail)
As If This Matters (#2)
BIEN FAIT
THIS 'N THAT
Every Thing Not Saved Will Be Lost
Climax Change
Soft Work, Hard Money

Soft Work Hard Money is the knitted content page from How Women May Earn Money (1898), it expands onto nine knitted panels that lists occupations: bicycle maid, horn polisher, and cosy corners—many now obsolete. Their disappearance echoes the fragility of gendered labour histories and shifting economies, revealing value as something continually unmade and rewoven. The viewer is encouraged to unravel the knitted panels.Through touch and participation, they assume control of the process, learning to let go as the work transforms in their hands. The act of undoing becomes an exercise in agency, responsibility, and care—being in command while accepting loss.

Everything is Fine, Dumpster Fire 2

“Everything is fine.”

This work explores the tension between comfort and collapse. The image of a knitted dumpster fire brings together two opposing ideas: knitting, a slow and soothing craft associated with care, warmth, and domestic calm, and the dumpster fire, a symbol of chaos, failure, and things spiraling out of control.

By rendering disaster through a patient, handmade process, the piece highlights the absurdity of our response to turmoil. The act of knitting becomes a quiet gesture of endurance—methodical, calm, and almost meditative—even as the subject itself represents disorder.

The work reflects a familiar cultural moment: recognizing that everything may be unraveling, yet continuing with small rituals of normalcy. It captures the delicate balance between denial, resilience, and dark humor. In the face of visible chaos, the repeated phrase remains: “Everything is fine.”

Resistant Fibres Resistantes

2025

Canada Council for the Arts

Resistant Fibres Resistantes

2025

Canada Council for the Arts

Resistant Fibres Resistantes

2025

Canada Council for the Arts

Resistant Fibres Resistante

2025

Canada Council for the Arts

Resistant Fibres Resistantes

2025

Canada Council for the Arts

Resistant Fibres Resistantes

2025

Canada Council for the Arts

Resistant Fibres Resistantes

2025

Canada Council of the Arts

At Least This Is Not Another Painting

2025

H30 x W 24 inches

At Least This Is Not Another Painting 2
This Sentence is Purely Decorative
So Many People Have Inspired Me To Be Nothing Like Them

2025

H24 x W36 inches

Gallery Closed For Installation

2025

H18 x W24 inches

This Was Not Meant For You Anyway

2025

Ottawa Art Gallery Fundraiser

Critics Choice

Art Work Temporarily Removed

2025

H22 x W28 inches

Haute Mess

Haute Mess

2025

H12 x W16 inches

Art Work Temporarily Removed

2024

H 18 x W 24 inches

Lillian, Vera, Donna, Me, Iseult

2024

H20 x W20 inches

Bien Fait / Bien Mieux

2024

H 28 x W 22 inches each panel

Bien Fait (small)

2024

H8 x W10 inches

You Could Have Made That

2024

H40 x W30 inches

SOLD #2

2024

H2 x W2 x D2 inches

Part of The Sweetest Little Thing fundraiser

STRUTS GALLERY

SOLID YES (mini)

2024

H4 x W5 inches

SOILD YES

2024

H30 x W40 inches

WORTHIT

2024

H18 x W24 inches

SOLD to CITY OF OTTAWA

BEST KEPT SECRET

2024

H40 x W30 inches

This Spot Reserved

2024

H18 x W20 inches

Your Kid Could Have Made This

2023

H40 x W30 inches

This Is A Luxury/ As If This Matters

2023

H24 x W24 inches

Swipe Right

2023

H22 x W28 inches

Let's Get Some Bread

2023

H22 x W28 inches

Double Tap

2023

H24 x W30 inches

Essential

2023

H40 x W30 inches

It Gives Me The Feels

2023

H22 x W28 inches

Place Ad Here

2023

H40 x W30 inches

Mom, I Am A Rich Man

2023

H24 x W24 inches

Exit Through The Gift Shop

2023

As If This Matters

2023

commission sold

This Right Here

2022

Keep It Tight

2022

H28 x W22 inches

Filtered

2021

exhibition: Filtered at Ottawa Art Gallery

Filtered detail

2021 Filtered at OAG

Hand Study

2021

each panel H22 x W28 inches

Knit Your .--.[P]Art

2020

Artis in residency at the Diefenbunker, Carp Ontario

Knit Your .--.[P]Art (detail)

2020

Artist in Residency at the Diefenbunker Museum

As If This Matters (#2)

2020

BIEN FAIT

2020

H28 x W22 inches

THIS 'N THAT

Each panel: H40 x W30 inches

Every Thing Not Saved Will Be Lost

2023

H40 x W30 inches

Climax Change

H28 x W22 inches

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