My work incorporates environmental themes that illustrate the fragility, power, and impermanence of the natural world. Referencing scientific imagery, data, and my personal experiences, I interpret the forces of nature through ceramic sculpture and wall installations. The medium of ceramics is a way to preserve information through the forming and firing process. I consider firing clay as an act of fossilization, creating a permanent record, perhaps an artifact or a memorial, of the ephemeral and the ethereal. Through these artifacts, I explore how we experience and relate to our environment and the climate crisis. By working at the intersection of art, design, craft, history, technology, and environmentalism, I hope that my work reflects the present, is an homage to our past, and expresses optimism for our future.

This series of ceramic panels are created by collaborating with the winter rains. The handmade panels are bisque fired, then painted with a layer of opaque ceramic pigment. Once dry, they are held under the rainwater runoff to wash away the pigments to create a spontaneous naturalistic surface effect. The panels are then fired for the second time to permanently fix the moment into a ‘fossil record’ of the northern California rain.

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