Statement

My studio practice is an ongoing tactile conversation between soft amorphous forms and rigid linear components. Rejecting the binary conception that an object is either functional or sculptural I largely create dysfunctional vessels and functional sculptures. As a child I would draw with my father, an architect. I was fascinated by the way he built with lines, they exceeded their boundaries yet were contained by the image they formed, loose but intentional. My visual horizon was flooded by blueprints, modern design, and furniture. As I began my own art making practice, my drawings developed Into the exploration of three dimensional fabrication. Through the material of clay lines translated into coils, and those coils into sculpture. my lines find edges and shapes form volume. 

Originally I collected inspiration from mid-century modern furniture, scaffolding and the Deconstructivist architecture movement. The more I create, the more I collect inspiration from everything around me. I draw constantly, often working in multiple sketchbooks at a time. I cut out and collect images from anything I can get my hands on, magazines, books, postcards, even grocery store ads. These clippings manifest themselves into books of collaged inspiration. Currently, these collages intermix with my daily visual experiences and are re-contextualized through the lens of design, into nonrepresentational sculpture and furniture. As I progress in my career I will continue to pursue large scale works of sculpture and press into the design world with my functional ceramic furniture.