Portfolio

Shielded State

These shield-like forms emphasize the nature of the barriers we invent while alluding to the multiplicity of ways we create or experience separation from one another literally and symbolically.

Vested Interest

Embodying self-doubt, uncertainty, background questions, thwarted progress, or second-guessing, the handwritten words on ceramic tags piercing these vests hint at sensations from all of the above.

From shards of past works, new objects are remixed, each decision influencing the next. The fragments are sorted and classified while narratives are re-imagined. Linear elements suggest intuitive connections to the past work.

Dickeys + Collars

Dickeys present a false impression. Collars adorn, identify, and restrict. These dickeys and collars evoke or embody states of mind, situations, expectations, and memories.

Doilies

Combining imagery of the body and education reform matrices, these works focus on the disparity between reality and data, emphasizing that individual uniqueness confounds rigid systems and prescriptive standards.

Vessels

Archetypal forms of containment and offering, pitchers, bowls, and kylixes are vehicles for the examination of body iconography, mythology, expectations, and memories. Underlying these inquiries is an examination of systems, expectations, and parameters.