About

A person is as alive as their memories and I truly believe that once a memory is lost, it is so hard to reclaim.  As a memory fades away, a little bit of what made the person, event, or emotion is gone.  With time, we disappear to become only a memory.  By sharing, these memories bring us together and keep us apart.

In my work, I use a combination of materials to create objects that represent memories, time, and events to preserve and create discussion.  I often create work that incorporates the physical properties of clay.  Clay offers a variety of material characteristics depending on the state it is presented, allowing for my work to range from temporary to permanent objects and to investigate space in a variety of ways.  This variable of permanence is considered when making decisions on the hierarchy of the material for each piece or body of work.

I currently use processes like slaking, growing plants, screen printing, laser etching, drawing, and 3D printing in my work, along with handbuilding, throwing, and slip casting/press molding.  As I use these processes to explore clay as material, I am also making decisions about how other materials can interact with the ceramic material and processes.  All of this investigation relates to my research of memory,  how our relationships are effected by its loss, and how space can be occupied.