Balancing experimentation with skilled craft I create sculptures that challenge expectation of function and notions of stability.
Clay is an essential material in my work. Press your finger into its cool softness and it will give way, recording the trace of the interaction, an indication of the hand-made. Coils of clay are a primal mark, the first thing humans make in clay. My repetition of this shape echoes the experience of daily practice. The hours and marks accumulate into a structure more complex than the single simple gesture. With fire, the clay ossifies irreversibly into an unchanging yet fragile artifact.
I contrast these delicate hand made sculptures with soft fabric forms and industrial objects. Stacked and balanced, the work is held together by the weight of one object supporting another, creating spaces of tenuous stability. The temporary equilibrium of this work engages body awareness, exploring time, impermanence and longing.