Unlike Brody, however, she does not define her work as organically evolving from the materials of construction, and creating persons in relationships within the format of the piece, rather Federighi attempts more control over the evolution of the materials to express her inner state: "This body of work deals with the house-figure relationship as is always a changing metaphor for personal events. At present my relationship is building a house. Sometimes I think that I live in three houses or homes - my birth home, my spiritual home, and the home that is my dwelling. This idea seems to be expressed by the 'stacked'...

Building a house is a growth process and involves different areas of learning. Aspects of the planning and physical building, such as locating a site, drilling a well, digging the foundation and constructing the framework, have become poetic metaphors for the visual form of the pieces." (Federighi, 2006)
Works Cited

Brody, Jo-Ann. "Woman Forest."[28 Nov 2006] http://www.ceresgallery.org/new/artists/brody.html

Federighi, Christine. "Artist Statement." Christine Federighi: Art Source. [28 Nov 2006] http://www.ilpi.com/artsource/vce/federighi.html