Paper Lace: Click on each image for a larger view
The gold paper is prepared with layers of acrylic pain thinned with matte medium and water. The image is drawn on the opposite side to allow for adjustment and correction before cutting. For a large installation, like transforming a coliseum into a place of prayer for a conference, the work is designed to be seen from all sides and range in size from 3'x15' to 9'x25'.
This is a detail from a "theatocus," an image of Mary bearing the Christ Child, created for the Episcopal Conference of South Carolina.	"Descending Angel" is part of a large paper lace installation for the Presbyterian Women's Conference, "Whose World Is It?" (1991) at a football stadium in Ames, Iowa.
	The seven days of creation are depicted here in an installation designed for a worship and arts conference in Montreat, North Carolina.
For a series of Chautauqua lectures on Christianity, Islam, and Judaism, I created five paper lace hangings reuniting the family of Abraham, Sarah, Ishmael, Hagar, and Isaac. They were made of Tyvek, painted blue and cut out as a community over the course of a week. The challenge was that they wouldn't be lit, they had to go up and come down in ten minutes, and they'd be subjected to three directions of wind. Three angels (Islamic, Jewish, Christian) guarded the work. The wind activated the work, making it move between two and three dimensions, adding to its mythic power.