in the studio

my work is rooted in attention.

to form, to weight, to the small shifts that happen as something takes shape.

i’ve learned to work with a balance of control and restraint - knowing when to guide a piece, and when to let it settle into its own form.

most of what i make comes from staying present in that process.

i began working in clay with the intention of creating vessels that felt familiar- forms that could be held, used, and lived with.

i continued as a way to understand how something moves from an idea into form.

over time, it became a practice i return to daily.

returning to a moment

i began in painting, working primarily in large-scale oil and acrylic murals, with a focus on form, color, and composition.

overtime, my interest shifted toward fragrance - studying scent as a way to understand memory, atmosphere, and the feeling of a place.

i became interested in how something invisible could hold so much. how a scent could return you to a moment without warning, familiar in a way you can’t always explain. over time, i found myself wanting to give that same experience form.

i was then drawn to clay as a way to translate what i was sensing into something physical, something that could be held, used, and lived with. ceramics allow me to explore how something feels in the hand, how it sits within a space, and how it exists over time. together, surface, scent, and form create a layered experience- engaging sight, smell, and touch to bring you back to a moment more vividly.

symbolism has become a quiet foundation in my work. i tend to hold onto small details - objects, places, textures - that leave an imprint over time. i’m drawn to the softness of rounded forms, how they settle naturally into the palm. in contrast, subtle irregularities and rigid imperfections feel just as intimate to me.

this practice has become a way of returning to them, translating those impressions into something tangible. not to replicate a moment exactly, but to recreate the feeling of it. something familiar, held differently, but still understood.