Hey Girly ( Cat Call Series), 2020
4"x6.5", fishnet stockings stretched over marker on Bristol board
Few things are as uncomfortable as receiving aggressive cat calls, Eden try's to process some of their most dangerous and uncomfortable cat calling experiences through the three drawings in the series. Each piece is titled with the opening line of the cat call and features the location it happened in. As the tights were something Eden had to wear for their job it often warranted unwanted attention, even though the tights were sighted in the workplaces dress code as a reflection of modesty.
Through the Fir, 2019
8 1/2" x 11", ink on paper
Rafuse's whimsical reimagination of looking up through the branches of fir trees.
Denial, 2018.
20x18", Cut paper and chalk pastel.
Based off of Xiyadie's piece "sewn". Rafuse reflect's off of their own personal struggles of coming to terms with their sex/ sexuality.
Hunting Deer, 2016
4" radius, series of paper cut outs layered on top of one another.
Here tells a silent story, entirely up to the reader's interpretation. The experience becomes interactive and the reader becomes both an observer and character within the story. Each layer both interacts and avoids the others. Story may be read from either direction. Image displayed present stories in order of top page (top left), 3 pages from top (top right), 4 pages from bottom (bottom left) and the last 2 pages (bottom left).
Leaf it for Tomorrow, 2017
ink on paper
Analyzing the stagnant state of 2d art and experimenting with making non visible movement (movement s so subtle in nature they go often go unnoticed) appear eerily still. Done by converting a in person arrangements of plants into graphic contoured lines, trapping each living resemblance into a still image.