Brain Surgery

There is something abstract and a little morbid about building your own brain. I started the background collage for my self-portrait tonight. So far, I’ve used 9 textiles and 32 pattern pieces. I make my patterns the old-school way: a 1970s light table and tracing paper. It is a tedious method, but it gives me the results that I want. Nothing is pinned or tacked together yet—that’s what “Leap Weekend” is for.