[1] Cogan attended a Rudolf Steiner Waldorf School[3] in her youth, attributing this education to her discovery of textiles as a medium.
Cogan begins with vintage fabrics which served as table runners, bureau scarves and tablecloths, and had already been embroidered by an earlier and more circumscribed generation of women.
Cogan then transforms the "women's work" pieces with modern images, statements about gender identity, and role models for today's woman.
Searching for that odd thing, the Feminist Beauty Queen, I mix subversion with flirtation, humor with power, and intimacy with frivolity, and in doing so I often straddle an ironic edge.
In the process, I aim to provoke certain questions within the context of constantly shifting boundaries that define our relationships and our identities: What role do women want to play in society today?