A Vestige
2025
Ceramic, cotton macrame cord

Net Pot
2024
Ceramic, cotton macrame cord

All That I Have
2024
Ceramic, water

Setting for Two, Table for One
2024
Ceramic

All That I Can See Without My Eyes
2024
Ceramic, mycelium

Flesh and Bone
2025
Ceramic, cotton macrame cord, sand

Eclipse
2024
Ceramic

Plasmodesmata
2025
Unfired ceramic, cotton macrame cord, cinderblock

AMALGAMATE
2025
Through various sensory elements like texture, sound, smell, and movement, my work conveys specific emotions and experiences without uttering a word. My studio practice intertwines therapeutic coping mechanisms – discovered and practiced through my own personal journey with therapy – with creative acts in performance, video, and sculpture. My artwork serves as a language, transcending verbal conversation and giving form to abstract concepts that might otherwise elude me.
To delve deeper into merging art and healing, my work becomes the physical manifestation of psychological coping mechanisms, such as the compartmentalization strategy, the “Container” technique. I incorporate the practice of “parts-work,” a specific aspect of Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) therapy that is used to encourage emotional control and awareness. Parts-work calls for an individual to visualize different emotions, triggers, or memories as a characterized facet of themselves, allowing for conversation between these parts. Through this lens, my containers become fragments engaging in an ongoing dialogue, amalgamating into something new.