I am a maker.
I love to decorate. I love color. Most days I just want a beautiful surface to adorn. My sculptural forms are
often chosen and created simply as three-dimensional canvases – a surface to color on – sometimes I just
feel like making something pretty. Textile design and pattern envelope my sketchbook, sculpture and pots.
I want to immerse my work in illustrations – bold cut paper designs, line quality, gloss, matte and velvety
textures.
My general studio practice is a slow rotation of processes. As an artist and educator I explore a wide
variety of mediums. I have three basic states of process: looking or collecting, planning and finally making.
When I look and collect I explore resources from the internet to antique stores to wallpaper factories. I
gather images as well as objects. I never truly stop looking, but when I feel satisfied with my current findings
I begin to draw. I not only sketch out surface designs but forms as well, in full color and often several times
before I make a single object. Drawing and painting allow me to experiment with color and pattern in way
that feels less permanent or final giving me total freedom to explore.
Making for me is a very premeditated practice. I enjoy testing glazes, experimenting with new mediums and
choosing all aspects of a piece before I begin. Making work is most satisfying when I have a precise plan -
when I have already made my decisions I feel more joy and confidence in the creation. I love to decorate
and my sculptural forms are often chosen simply as three-dimensional canvases – a surface to color on.
As my often tedious surface designs have been practiced on paper I am allowed truly enjoy watching my
images come to life.
I do judge a book by its cover – sometimes the story reflects the exterior, and other times there is a clear
disconnect. Interior and exterior can both contrast and compliment; each situation is special and interesting.
A lovely flowery shell covers the dark and stormy interior, or a soft pink center is coated in layers of dark
and severe design. My studio practice continues to explore these ideas through looking and making.
I love to decorate. I love color. Most days I just want a beautiful surface to adorn. My sculptural forms are
often chosen and created simply as three-dimensional canvases – a surface to color on – sometimes I just
feel like making something pretty. Textile design and pattern envelope my sketchbook, sculpture and pots.
I want to immerse my work in illustrations – bold cut paper designs, line quality, gloss, matte and velvety
textures.
My general studio practice is a slow rotation of processes. As an artist and educator I explore a wide
variety of mediums. I have three basic states of process: looking or collecting, planning and finally making.
When I look and collect I explore resources from the internet to antique stores to wallpaper factories. I
gather images as well as objects. I never truly stop looking, but when I feel satisfied with my current findings
I begin to draw. I not only sketch out surface designs but forms as well, in full color and often several times
before I make a single object. Drawing and painting allow me to experiment with color and pattern in way
that feels less permanent or final giving me total freedom to explore.
Making for me is a very premeditated practice. I enjoy testing glazes, experimenting with new mediums and
choosing all aspects of a piece before I begin. Making work is most satisfying when I have a precise plan -
when I have already made my decisions I feel more joy and confidence in the creation. I love to decorate
and my sculptural forms are often chosen simply as three-dimensional canvases – a surface to color on.
As my often tedious surface designs have been practiced on paper I am allowed truly enjoy watching my
images come to life.
I do judge a book by its cover – sometimes the story reflects the exterior, and other times there is a clear
disconnect. Interior and exterior can both contrast and compliment; each situation is special and interesting.
A lovely flowery shell covers the dark and stormy interior, or a soft pink center is coated in layers of dark
and severe design. My studio practice continues to explore these ideas through looking and making.
