The Window, 2024
In 2021 I lost the majority of my artwork to a fire. This experience offered me the opportunity to find what I value most in my work. In sifting through the debris, I began to clearly see shards of pieces I knew I would miss and then, often, the opposite would follow. I would uncover a piece that felt ok to lose.
The result of this is a body of work that better expresses my desire, love, joy for making. I am fully leaning into my obsession with clay- its ability to hold memory and mark the imprint of time. I am creating sculptures that are inspired by my affection for family, landscape, color, and light- things that bring me joy- joy that is equally as complex as the material my sculptures are made from. Ceramics have the ability to speak to permanence and impermanence simultaneously. I embrace this tension by sculpting images of the moments, things, people, and feelings I wish to hold onto- with the knowledge that they, like most things, can be fleeting.