My work explores the emotional connection between people and what they wear. I see fashion not as simply the production of material goods, but as fertile ground for personifying this emotional need that binds us to objects through the ""wearable companions"". Just as one would pet a cat, the goal is to encourage people to cherish their clothes, take care of them and repair them rather than throw them away. I fold, draw, and cut fabric along the pencil lines, then pin it to the body. I choose and create my fabrics to evoke the fur of an animal, the skin of a large bird, or the wings of a butterfly.