Erika combines fiber art, memoir, and nature exploration to tell stories through quilts, fiber, and textiles. Fiber art is often associated with work completed “in the home;” Erika deliberately combines these crafts with nature and science themes to explore connections between people and the natural world around us. She uses traditional techniques and materials but embraces improvisation and experimentation. Eschewing straight lines and invisible stitches, she lets the fiber dictate the final shape of her pieces and embraces obvious handiwork touches. In these pieces, she uses postcards as canvases for her stitches, highlighting elements she finds particularly memorable or transforming something negative (smokestacks) into whimsy (pink clouds).