A person cropped at their chest wearing a brown plaid button up shirt and jeans sits on a green bench on a green floor against white brick wall. They are using a lap pad and there is a second lap pad on their right folded on the bench. Both lap pads are m
Lap Pad (rocks turn into sand in the ocean) (left), Lap Pad (disconnection is an illusion) (right)
Polar Fleece, Embroidery Floss, Polyester Batting, Zipper and Part of echo’s Weighted Blanket
2024

Installation view in Greenness at Real Art Ways (2024)

Image Description: A person cropped at their chest wearing a brown plaid button up shirt and jeans sits on a green bench on a green floor against white brick wall. They are using a lap pad and there is a second lap pad on their right folded on the bench. Both lap pads are made of fleece, with a printed photograph on one side and the other side is a light sand color with hand embroidered text in black embroidery floss. The lap pad in the person’s lap is printed with an image of a close up of the artist’s thigh as they are stacking a pile of small rocks on their leg on the beach. The lap pad next to them is folded with the embroidered side showing. It is a quote by Mel Baggs and the URL link is embroidered under hir name.

Photography: Francisco echo Eraso