“Disruptive camouflage” uses patterns and color to hinder detection or recognition of an object's boundaries and/or other conspicuous features of its body. It involves the manipulation of the perceptual processing of its viewers.

Hunting camouflage is meant to render a person invisible while hunting, but wearing it outside of hunting contexts sends a loud social signal. Wearing camo has become a fashion statement in rural areas to show off one’s masculinity and dominance over nature. Laura Ashley was a British fashion and homegoods designer known for feminine designs with a romantic and rural feel. Using digital tools, I designed new patterns that merge stereotypically feminine Laura Ashley florals with hunting camo patterns from the popular hunting brands Realtree and TrueTimber. I printed these hybrid patterns on heavy denim, ripstop nylon, and silk. In my Disruptive Camo series of artwork, I use these textiles to make gender stereotyped artifacts and clothing such as chore coats, hunting pants, skirts, wallpaper, upholstery, and more.

Disruptive camouflage works by confusing the perception of its receivers, and Midwestern hunting camo is most often tuned to the visual perception of deer and birds. I am tuning hunting camo to confuse the perceptions of those who wear and judge it. I disrupt and subvert the masculine aggression of hunting camo by manipulating gendered stereotypes within clothing and other products.