"Girl in a Blue Dress Braiding Her Hair" is about a girl who, through her understanding, guided me into learning the facts of life. Many old secretive topics, about which parents remained silent, were revealed. Words like 'menstruation' were taboo! She made a significant and positive impression on me, but now I can't recall her name or who she was.

This work is part of the series, Women in a State os Being: The female clay sculptures pieces are part of a series entitled, “Women in a State of Being,” dealing with women’s issues such as depression, body image, and their emotional state many of us are affected by.