My work is a series of exercises in form and mark-making. The objects are small wheel-thrown functional pottery in stoneware, porcelain, and most recently, terracotta.

My fascination with ceramics was born from my interest with designed objects and interior spaces, and buildings as cultural artifacts. To the degree that any object can reveal much about the conditions and context that produced it, it is my mission to make the unearthing of its history a rigorous and poetic study. I’m invested in the idea of expanded practice, and one of my main areas of research is exploring the intertwined stories of ceramics and architecture.

Rooted in the routines of everyday life (commonplace, mundane, universal), the “pot” becomes part of our shared inheritance. I explore themes around daily ritual, remembrance, mourning and homecoming. The idea that even the most humble vessel can be a container for hidden memories and collective histories underpins much of my work. Attention, abstraction, copy, small-tweak iterations, and a bit of intuition are the guiding forces of my practice.

Watercolor sketches of pots in my apartment, the keepers of home, below.