her sculptures the same painterly quality existing in her earlier two-dimensional work. Paint drips translate into segments of unraveling yarn or dangling fringes. When she traces vacant eye cavities and grimacing mouths with layers of fabric it's as if she is drawing, using seams instead of charcoal. Unlike the her drawings, the sculptures feature decorative pattern. Color is contained in large and small patches like chromatic shapes in a French Nabi painting. O'Connor stuffs her pieces with materials that would normally end up in a land-fill: worn-out carpet padding, cut-up mattress pads, and used upholstery. Some materials were collected from thrift stores while the members of the artist's community donated others. The mishmash assembly is more coordinated than