Artist Statement

My journey of creating works of art has been pushed and pulled by my life circumstances. At times I thought I was going to be a dancer, a musician, a painter, a potter; none of these individually brought me into place where I could feel at home in my work. The feeling one gets when they truly know that what they are creating is honest and true seems to be something that changes for each work wanting to be embodied. What I have come to find out is that each art form that I have found, and have been educated in, overlaps with one another. Currently my abilities as a person creating 3-dimensional works has pulled strongly on my dance background. Rules of how to actively engage space, create balance and figural expression have all overlapped with in the works I have been creating no matter the medium.

Creating calls me to find a place in which I have to contemplate and process an idea over and over again. Usually over-thinking is seen as a negative use of time, but the heart of creating whatever I do, calls me to process deeply. I engage with materials to see how my manipulation can reflect an idea, emotion, or evoke a memory. Choosing which material to use causes me to stop and decide how my thought may best be expressed because of how it may be hard, soft, warm or cold. For me there is something that needs to be tied closely with the cycle of life in my work that is easily identified as a part of nature.

About Me

I am a ceramicist and art educator. I teach middle school art full time and absolutely love being around so much energy, excitement and willingness to explore new learning.

I love how ceramics is an art form that is directly connected to the earth. I grew up dancing and have found that being able to make art that is not only 3D but is kinesthetic in its creation process ties back to my childhood. When I have the chance to wood fire some of my work, nothing speaks louder to my soul than the roaring flames from the kiln and the community dependent process.