Artist Statement
My work is an exploration of the human journey—its fractures, growth, and quiet revelations—through the language of clay. Using hand-built slab construction, I create vessels that serve as tactile maps of the self, charting the terrain of existence where imperfection is not only accepted but revered. Rejecting the potter’s wheel, I embrace a slower, more deliberate process, one that mirrors life’s unpredictable contours: asymmetrical, layered, and shaped by moments of pressure and release.
Each piece begins as raw earth, pressed and folded into form. The seams and textures left visible are not flaws but testaments—to resilience, to the passage of time, to the choices that define us. I carve, tear, and reassemble, allowing cracks to remain as markers of transformation. Glazes pool and fade like weathered skin, while surfaces bear the imprint of hands that have learned to listen to the material’s silent wisdom.
For me, building by hand is an act of meditation and metaphor. The slab’s malleability reflects our own capacity to bend and adapt; its fragility reminds us of our inherent strength. These vessels are not merely objects but repositories of stories. They hold the tension between emptiness and wholeness, between grounding and reaching. Some stand sturdy, rooted in earthy tones, while others stretch upward, their forms pierced by light or etched with patterns that mimic the organic rhythms of growth and decay.
My art is an invitation to pause. In a world that prizes speed and precision, I honor the beauty of slowness, the grace of irregularity. These works are not about answers but about questions—how do we carry our histories? How do we hold space for both loss and renewal? Through clay, I seek to document the universal odyssey of becoming, celebrating the quiet alchemy that occurs when we allow ourselves to be shaped by time, intention, and the courage to remain tender in a hardened world.
I create to remind myself, and others, that we are all vessels: imperfect, evolving, and endlessly capable of holding life’s contradictions with grace.