54” x 13” x 80” 2023
handbuilt ceramic, paper clay, acrylic, steel hardware, handwoven flags with kudzu, cotton, water, flowers, candles
My earliest memory of being held is floating on my back in a tide pool, the black cliffs holding the falls that lift me in my peripheral vision. I found this same feeling of safety when I moved to Appalachia, where I lived for nine years until this past spring. The hollers of Appalachia are the secluded valleys tucked between mountains, surrounded by forest.
The base of this piece is a lantern, holding candles within the interior. These warm the basin, where water is held. The stacked vases also hold water for the flowers. The paper mache arch connects the two, referring to inosculation (or the arboreal kiss when tree limbs melt into each other), and allows for silk noil and kudzu flags to hang. The kudzu was harvested and processed in Marshall, NC, at the same time as the ceramic components were constructed.
This piece is an altar to the spaces that feel like family.
31" x 20" x 19", 21" x 13" x 20"
2022
hand built ceramic, lashed reed
hand built ceramic, twined reed, brass ring
I would like to see these pieces grow into and envelop a space in the future. In these pieces I like how the weight of the ceramic sculpture threatens to break the baskets growing out of them, and I want to push that tension.
hand built ceramic, lashed reed
2022
31" x 20" x 19"
hand built ceramic, twined reed, brass ring
2022
21” x 13” x 20”
hand built ceramic
2022
36" x 16" x 18"
With this piece I was thinking about a vessel that makes space for the elements to pass through it. The piece was built horizontally, and then flipped vertically after firing.
hand built ceramic
2022
36" x 16" x 18"
hand built ceramic
2022
36" x 16" x 18"
hand built ceramic
2022
12.5" x 31.5" x 24"
handbuilt ceramic
2022
handbuilt ceramic
2022
handbuilt ceramic
2022
handbuilt ceramic
2022
handbuilt ceramic
2022