A Catalogue of Injuries

These aren’t dolls. They’re miniature versions of people I can’t forget: my old Dutch neighbor I used to conspire against; a fake kewpie doll I wouldn’t mind suffocating; a six-year-old who lost her mother to COVID; a Chicago mother whose son was shot; the baby on my studio’s cold floor I wanted to hang upside down; a mask like one from Ray Yoshida’s collection; the “pig plane” my teacher teases me about; and a Chinese Checkers piece I stole from memory.

Mixed media: paper, fabric, fiber, chalk, air-dry clay, plasticine, wire, hair, found doll eyes. Varied sizing, approx. 9 × 12 to 10 × 14 inches.