Standing Tall

This piece explores the confusing intersection of pride and debilitation.

These glazed porcelain “containers” record the unraveling of healing with all the challenges and deceptions of transformation. This body of work came together after a breast cancer diagnosis. The months of chemotherapy promised to hinder my studio time and creative energy. It was uncertain if I could continue working in the studio, despite being told to quit my teaching job, cancel my gym membership and avoid public venues for the following year. It was all so shocking, much like the first time a newborn wakes you five times in a single night. Then a new routine sinks in and you can’t quite make out the line separating your life into before and after.