As children, comfortably acquainted with our bodies, as ambiguous as the next, starved for attention and aiming for adorable, we anxiously await our loss of innocence so we can be inducted into the reproducing world. Bleeding, smelling, and growing hair in low places: this awkward happening is what makes you a woman and though delicately planned out for millennia by Mother Nature herself, this assignment of body parts and function seems anything but sexual. And so, we take cues from the media, older siblings, and our peers and learn to act the part of sexy. But somewhere still lives that self, still remembering what it was like to be without our sexy parts and yearns to be cuddly, cute and adorable. Alas our bulges, bumps, and pokey bits begin to redefine us as people and suddenly all ambiguity is gone and our gender assignment becomes who we are and we learn to think our sexuality.

Cute and fuzzy genitals in my work are particularly arranged to suggested abnormality and anatomical inaccuracy. The willingness for the audience to become intimate with these figures can be exciting. It is unusual for a person to feel so comfortable to play with the private parts of another. However, here the cuddliness of the objects allows the viewer to approach them in an innocent nature. Like toys, these images are easily embraced and connect to a part of the self that is childlike and eager. Then, as the audience returns to the age of sexual naiveté, it is able to rethink gender assignment and ask the question, "what if?"

It is my hope that when experiencing this work the audience feels invited and safe, enthusiastic to get a little bit closer. When the urge to poke and prod takes over, I hope the cute and delightful pieces allow for passage into a new way of thinking sexuality.