12/18/2025
A trio of vessels created during my stay in Onishi,Japan at
These vessels rise from a year of rebuilding—each form, a quiet record of the emotions that shaped me, each fracture an offering of raw and imperfect beauty. Allowing myself to become immersed in the sculptural direction toward which my work has been naturally unfolding. My pieces trace the unfiltered textures of the natural world, interwoven with the lived experiences that have resurfaced and reshaped me.
I am drawn to what feels unearthed, ancient, and inherently wild—objects that echo relics of the past and reconnect us to our ancestral roots. There is beauty in what appears broken. Within my work, I aim to embody the concept that strength and fragility can coexist, honoring the cycles that shape us: life and death, birth and rebirth, the old giving way to the new.
My work is an ongoing reflection of my desire to separate from perfection, embracing texture, breakage, and organic slip decoration as reflections of the world’s fluid nature. Through wood firing, my pieces enter an alchemical process—purification, transformation, and the mystery of what will resurrect from the ashes. The flame determines the final surface, forging each piece into something both ancient and newly formed. Allowing us to relinquish full control, mirroring the unfolding beauty of a life continually remade.
