Mallory moorman

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The common thread is that I love when people are authentic. When they are themselves as they were created to be. This is what melts my marshmallow-Peeps and Smores. What I enjoy about an aptitude battery that helps people see how they are through a fresh perspective-Apt. And visually, the collages that bring together the themes of what I’m seeking, through people of the past and prayers for now too.

Whatever people create or contribute, they do so best from that place.

Art, interiors, food, literature, movies, music, hospitality. God, relationships, work, school, parenting, health, conversation. Whatever it is, there’s always more fire to it when it’s authentic. When people are able to recognize the way they are singularly and uniquely integrated in the work of the whole, in a way that serves as an invitation for others to collaborate.

I feel best when I am that way (S’more). I am also guilty of stepping away from there (Peep).

Authenticity is generative and fruitful. It’s the quality you can’t always put your finger on but know when it’s there. It motivates my work. It melts my butter. It melts my marshmallow. I can’t resist trying to capture it, appreciating it, exploring it and encouraging it. It is the common thread in what I seek and do, and I consider that thread to be stitching a beautiful quilt.

SAINT COLLAGES

Collages constructed from fashion magazines in a process to explore the influence of how image and media can drive what we strive to acquire, be, and obtain. The word “icon” is now associated with fame. Contrasted with religious icons that are used to express devotion to widely admired saintly figures in an act of veneration for the ways they upheld and expressed the love of God.

These collages bring those two worlds together, as it feels for someone in the midst of that culture while also seeking beyond it. These are the shiny diamonds, prints, materials and model features placed into the form of religious icons.

Both kinds of icons serve as an “image” that drives influence and therefore emulation. For whom, how, and what they seek to influence, it seems fitting these Saints should have the goodies. These are my gals. Their faces are a multitude of pigments, and their garments usually include signifiers of their patronage. 

Each one is unique. Not one is perfect. All are made in the image.