Statement

Pattern is my visual language, a way to navigate and make sense of a complex world. I naturally seek out connections between objects, people, or even fleeting moments to make sense our surroundings. Sometimes these patterns are so subtle they go unnoticed, yet I sense their continuity just below the surface. Revealing this hidden connective tissue between form and its surroundings lies at the core of my practice.

My ceramic sculptures draw inspiration from a landscape rich with structural references from architecture, textile construction, even the human body. I pare form to its essence, exposing a slightly brutal beauty and emphasizing the interplay between surface and structure. Rather than mimicking pattern, I abstract it, allowing it to shift, fragment and evolve from its original source. Through repetition and methodical sequencing, form and pattern emerge organically from the building process itself. Nothing is extraneous.

I’m obsessed with light, shadow and translucency. My sculptures explore space that feels simultaneously contained and porous, as if revealing the skeletal framework left behind once the outer layers peel away. This spatial tension is as crucial to shaping the form as pattern is to illuminating its physical essence.

Weaving form with such a malleable material as clay grounds my practice. It’s responsive and transformative, recording my gestures and driving an intuitive creative process. Clay guides a dance between hand and head, often moderating the form to its whim. It possesses a weighty permanence, and yet, carries a sense of fragility and porousness. I embrace these contradictions, pushing against the limits of the material and seeking the precious edge just before collapse. My work is a dialogue with material, grounded in a reverence for repetition and craft.