House of Cards

This series draws on this interplay of word and image to examine the vulnerability of individuals facing deportation and the fragility of democracy. Overglaze decals of “Print Your Own Red Cards” (tarjetas rojas)—available free online in multiple languages to help people assert their legal rights and defend against constitutional violations during encounters with ICE—are paired with black-and-white U.S. flags, symbols of protest and disillusionment with the nation’s promises of justice and equality.

One work in the series, Jenny, You’re No Richard Shaw, riffs off Shaw’s Whiplash, acknowledging both Shaw's remarkable craftsmanship and ceramic history while reframing its concept to reflect the jolting, disorienting nature of our own time and place in history, and speaking to the narratives we inherit and create. Here, text underscores questions of how meaning is constructed, who gets to speak, and what remains of a democracy that feels fragile, unsteady, and one crisis away from collapse.