Artist Statement
Chaos and Magic
I'm excited to offer a new body of work after nearly a year away from clay.
The experience of new motherhood cracked me open and profoundly transformed me. It's been both challenging and inspiring for my artistic practice.
As someone who traditionally worked on the pottery wheel and is used to spending long hours in the studio, I'm learning to adapt my process to this new season of life. Unlike my earlier work on the wheel, every piece in this new collection is handbuilt — pinched, rolled, and sculpted. Pieces are picked up and set down multiple times throughout the day, whenever I can steal a free moment. They are created slowly, often taking weeks to complete.
Before my daughter, I didn’t realize it, but I was drowning in time. In her early infancy, I lost my sense of time altogether— each day felt the same, as if time stood still. Now, as I care for her and watch her grow so quickly, I've come to realize how little time there truly is.
Looking back at this body of work, I see how it reflects my relationship with time. Each pinch a meditation, a marker of time amid the chaos—an attempt to grasp and preserve fleeting moments.
Since having a child, I've felt a primal pull to embrace color, whimsy, and fun. In the quiet of the night while she sleeps, I paint vibrant patterns and draw fanciful scenes. In these uncertain and often frightening times, my daughter has reminded me that the world is a magical place. And even though I sometimes question the frivolity of my work, I believe now more than ever that we need art, beauty, and a sense of wonder.
