THE WORK

Rooted in a deep curiosity for the unknown, I seek to make connections between the visible and invisible. As a response to the deeper and inescapable truths that lie beneath the human experience, my artwork strives to offer the viewer a sense of hope, grounding, and connection.

My sculptures explore the transformative qualities of mental health, grief, and sorrow, while simultaneously holding tensions of joy, delight, and longing. I draw from personal narratives that tie into our larger human experience, such as depression, memory, and death while maintaining tension with beauty, hope, and resilience. The materials I use come from an emotive place with the intent of re-imagining their purpose and connecting the viewer to them.

My practice is an exploration of alchemy, the transformation, and reordering of materials through found objects, clay, charcoal, wood, fiber, and light. Through this process of destruction and reconstruction, I examine themes of melancholy, impermanence, fragility, and resurrection.

As a formally trained ceramicist, craftsmanship and technique are integral in my work's construction. The labor involved in my work is methodical and transformative, slowing me down to convey ideas and emotions more effectively. Through this toiling, endless possibilities are presented. Process becomes a way of paying close attention to the work and stories unfolding within.