I was introduced to ceramics in school in 2015 and have continued to work with clay ever since. I love the tactile and involved process, the intersection between fine art and craft, and the community associated with it. In my work I combine wheel-throwing and hand-building to create both functional and sculptural pieces. I was born in Portland, Oregon on the unceded territories of the Kalapuya people, and am based in Vancouver B.C. on the unceded territories of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh people. I'm currently studying Critical and Cultural Practices at Emily Carr University of Art + Design, and working as an instructor at Mudlab Pottery.
Artist Statements:
In my practice I employ and alter traditional methods of wheel-throwing, hand-building and glazing. By deviating from the norms of making I’m able to explore the animate qualities of clay, and create works which depict a tactile conversation between myself and the material. This process has created a space to express my experience as a woman of mixed ethnic and cultural identity through the use of visual metaphor.
My ongoing series of works entitled “Face Pots'' explores narrative and selfhood through personification of vessel forms. Each piece is improvised, allowing me to form a material partnership by way of intuitive building. I create vessels with a gentle yet commanding presence in a variety of scales, articulating my sensorial fascination with clay through texture created by pinching coils together. I allow the atmospheric firing process to dictate the end result. With this body of work I investigate the idea of coming into being, and all the ambiguity that comes with it.