THE WORK

I am an object maker, a sculptor of soft and hard materials. My work grows from the tangled roots of my own mental health experiences, shaped by familial memory and the echoes of growing up as a young woman in the Southern Bible Belt of the United States. Be seen, not heard. Be submissive. Be chaste. Smile. 

Incorporating memory-laden materials that evoke fragility, hold tension, and explore the interplay of transparency and concealment, my sculptures recontextualize the inherited burdens of depression, grief, and the ongoing struggle to find identity—passed from my grandmother to my mother to me. I use beauty, simple forms, and found objects as points of entry, inviting the viewer into moments of connection.

My practice is an exploration of alchemy, an unraveling and reshaping of what was. Clay, charcoal, wood, paper, and light become vessels for transformation. Through this process of destruction and reconstruction, I examine themes of melancholy, impermanence, fragility, and resurrection—tracing how what once felt broken can still hold wholeness.

In much of my work, I am drawn to the concept of interiors, both the inner self and the physical spaces that reflect and guide us back to it. I use forms as containers, whether they are ceramic vessels, reliquaries, or domestic scenes, each becomes a place that holds memory, grief, time, and tears. The physical materials, once sculpted, act as an intermediary between body, emotion and space.

At its core, my work points towards healing, towards visibility. It’s about being seen, fully and unapologetically. This work is an act of reaching out, my genuine self made tangible—an invitation for yours to meet mine.