About

Artist Statement

“What we seek, at the deepest level, is inwardly to resemble, rather than physically possess, the objects and places that touch us through their beauty.”

– Alain de Botton

 

I create loose entanglements with paper clay to investigate the idea of unravelling. Each sculpture has several resting points playfully blurring the line between place and purpose. My work dissects the tapestry of universal feelings of loneliness, confusion and joy as they play out in metaphors of balance and belonging. 

With inviting arches and forbidding angles, my work addresses notions of desire and vulnerability that are tightly tethered to the objects and spaces we encounter collectively. I’m curious about the ways emotions color an experience and how the cherished and reviled parts bring tension to the tenderness.

Paper clay subverts the meaning of “thin places” as points of weakness to conjure a place of strength and transformation. The thin strips of clay reference delicate structures, vulnerable points and elements of collage.