About

My work began as an investigation into the representation of the chronically ill or disabled body through ceramics and mixed media. This exploration stemmed from my experience living with chronic illness. With this research, I have sought to create environments for the viewer to exist in alongside the work in an attempt to provoke confrontation with the abject and ultimately understanding. These ideas have led me to explore my experience as a woman in obtaining my diagnosis and ultimately the context of femininity and the marginalization of craft-based media.

 I utilize conventional hand-building and throwing techniques to create sculptures that employ found medical objects, robotic technologies, fabrics, and crafting materials within the narrative environment. I use varying types of clay and firing processes for different parts of the body to influence the audiences view of certain topics.

I am constantly questioning my thoughts and my experiences within and outside of the medical world. These investigations present themselves to decipher how I experience and view the world. This work is ever progressing in its use of materials. It is leading into investigations of inequities within healthcare and reaching for attempts to understand myself and my relation to the world, my place as a maker, and sustainability of my practice.