statement
I work in clay creating sculptural and functional work. I explore aspects of body and ability in relation to care taking, habit, and wellbeing. Clay becomes a form of treatment, and it continues to teach me patience and resilience. I think about the passage of time through the motif of drops, they are both teardrops and raindrops, showing the emotional archive of time passed.
My graphic surfaces are informed by cure-all ads from 17th century newspaper archives as well as 1930’s architectural motifs. My ceramic surfaces include found and invented text, often poking humor, meant as a gateway for viewers to relate to a different experience. The written phrases have a need to be repeated, practiced upon by the maker until clarity appears. Clay as labor plays a substantial role in my work, the process akin to the labor involved in moving through time. Clay imparts the knowledge of physical limits; such a strenuous process reminds us of the body’s inherent ability to perform. I collaborate between body and material to produce work made with endurance.
