I Carry With Me All My Things

[Omnia mea mecum porto]

2020-21

Work completed at Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, Houston, TX

Ritualized Practice

Head of Santa Caterina da Siena

Time Piece: In Phase

Hair Reliquary 6 (Madonna dei miracoli)

I Carry With Me All My Things: Vanitas

Noli/Me Tangere

I Carry With Me All My Things: Practices

I Carry With Me All My Things: Communion

I Carry With Me All My Things: Lavender

“Willders encodes a ritual language into her ceramics to create a dialogue between queer identity and the historical use of reliquaries, adorning her vessels with talismanic arrangements of hair, metal chains, and sprigs of herbs.”

- María-Elisa Heg, Curatorial Fellow (2019-21), Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, Houston, TX