Manda's practice explores intersectional cultural identities of heritage, activism, and disability, in the larger contexts of evolutionary lineage and impermanence.
The process of artmaking itself is central to the artist, in relation to the content and context of each project.
She considers the impact of geologic and evolutionary processes, taphonomy (the study of the processes by which an organism is buried, decays and becomes fossilized), and conservation in the works, as she explores personal identity and community engagement.
Manda makes her own encaustics, oyster concrete, and handmade papers.