Artist’s Statement

My work is all hand built using coil and pinch techniques. Emphasizing every coiled attachment, I create volume and restrictions as I build, allowing the shape of the vessel to evolve spontaneously. This unplanned, organic approach is an essential part of my artistic process, mirroring how our bodies change over time. Clay seams reflect how scars stitch together and smooth. Bumps soften into curves. Fingermarks reveal creases and furrows. 

There is a meditative quality to the rhythm of pinching for me, and an immediacy in creating shapes with my fingers. The formation of each vessel requires a steadfast acceptance of “the imperfect” from the first pinch until its emergence from the kiln. It is a willing into being, an internal practice, where, at each stage of creation, imperfections are first judged, then accepted and, ultimately, celebrated. 

I use different clays (white, brown and red stoneware, sculpture clays, and black and white porcelain), and surface treatments (glaze, slips and washes), knowing that the atmosphere of the kiln will cause reactions between materials that I cannot predict. The raw elements used in the process take precedence, and each piece emerges from the kiln as a singular creation, a surprising alchemy of color, pattern and texture.