CULTURES :
This body of work explores themes of resilience and the transformative power of nature in the face of adversity. The collection establishes a parallel between mental well-being and the natural world's capacity for renewal, creating beauty from discarded elements and challenging circumstances.
The process of nature reclaiming abandoned spaces serves as a central metaphor. Refuse, symbolizing accumulated stress, becomes an opportunity for growth and transformation over time.
The work utilizes the traditional ceramic vessel as a symbolic representation of these pressures. From these forms, organic, coral-like structures emerge, symbolizing growth, renewal, and the inherent human strength to overcome difficulty and find balance.
CULTURES : 01
Material | Construction:
Clay Body – Laguna B mix Cone 5 w/out Grog
Construction – Wheel thrown body w/ combination hard slab constructed, wheel thrown & pulled surface ornamentation
Glaze – Commercial low fire Cone 05/06 in Electric Kiln
Dim: 16” Height x 24” Diameter
Completion: 10 | 2023
Price: - SOLD -
CULTURES :
This body of work explores themes of resilience and the transformative power of nature in the face of adversity. The collection establishes a parallel between mental well-being and the natural world's capacity for renewal, creating beauty from discarded elements and challenging circumstances.
The process of nature reclaiming abandoned spaces serves as a central metaphor. Refuse, symbolizing accumulated stress, becomes an opportunity for growth and transformation over time.
The work utilizes the traditional ceramic vessel as a symbolic representation of these pressures. From these forms, organic, coral-like structures emerge, symbolizing growth, renewal, and the inherent human strength to overcome difficulty and find balance.
CULTURES : 02
Material | Construction:
Clay Body – Laguna B mix Cone 5 w/out Grog
Construction – Wheel thrown body w/ combination hard slab constructed, wheel thrown & pulled surface ornamentation
Glaze – Commercial low fire Cone 05/06 in Electric Kiln
Dim: 16” Height x 12” Diameter
Completion: 01 | 2024
Price: - SOLD -
CULTURES :
This body of work explores themes of resilience and the transformative power of nature in the face of adversity. The collection establishes a parallel between mental well-being and the natural world's capacity for renewal, creating beauty from discarded elements and challenging circumstances.
The process of nature reclaiming abandoned spaces serves as a central metaphor. Refuse, symbolizing accumulated stress, becomes an opportunity for growth and transformation over time.
The work utilizes the traditional ceramic vessel as a symbolic representation of these pressures. From these forms, organic, coral-like structures emerge, symbolizing growth, renewal, and the inherent human strength to overcome difficulty and find balance.
CULTURES : 03
Material | Construction:
Clay Body – Laguna B mix Cone 5 W/out Grog
Construction – Wheel thrown body w/ combination wheel thrown & pulled surface ornamentation
Glaze – Commercial low fire Cone 05/06 in Electric Kiln
Dim: 12” Height x 10” Diameter
Completion: 01 | 2024
Price: - SOLD -
CULTURES :
This body of work explores themes of resilience and the transformative power of nature in the face of adversity. The collection establishes a parallel between mental well-being and the natural world's capacity for renewal, creating beauty from discarded elements and challenging circumstances.
The process of nature reclaiming abandoned spaces serves as a central metaphor. Refuse, symbolizing accumulated stress, becomes an opportunity for growth and transformation over time.
The work utilizes the traditional ceramic vessel as a symbolic representation of these pressures. From these forms, organic, coral-like structures emerge, symbolizing growth, renewal, and the inherent human strength to overcome difficulty and find balance.
CULTURES : 04
Material | Construction:
Clay Body – Laguna B mix Cone 5 w/out Grog
Construction – Wheel thrown body w/ combination hard slab, wheel thrown & pulled surface ornamentation
Glaze – Commercial low fire Cone 05/06 in Electric Kiln
Dim: 22” Height x 14” Diameter
Completion: 01 | 2024
Price: - SOLD -
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This body of work explores themes of resilience and the transformative power of nature in the face of adversity. The collection establishes a parallel between mental well-being and the natural world's capacity for renewal, creating beauty from discarded elements and challenging circumstances.
The process of nature reclaiming abandoned spaces serves as a central metaphor. Refuse, symbolizing accumulated stress, becomes an opportunity for growth and transformation over time.
The work utilizes the traditional ceramic vessel as a symbolic representation of these pressures. From these forms, organic, coral-like structures emerge, symbolizing growth, renewal, and the inherent human strength to overcome difficulty and find balance.
CULTURES : 05
Material | Construction:
Clay Body – Laguna B mix Cone 5 w/out Grog
Construction – Wheel thrown body w/ combination hard slab, wheel thrown & pulled surface ornamentation
Glaze – Commercial low fire Cone 05/06 in Electric Kiln
Dim: 26” Height x 18” Diameter
Completion: 01 | 2024
Price: - SOLD -
C.Forms Mini turns high-end gallery art into an everyday experience.
Designed for modern living, these pieces mimic the natural growth of coral reefs. Layer them in groups of two or three on your wall or table to create a unique, nature-inspired focal point.
Material | Construction:
Clay Body – Laguna B mix Cone 5 w/out Grog
Construction – Wheel thrown base w/ slab constructed body.
Glaze – Commercial low fire Cone 05/06 in Electric Kiln
Dim: 10” Height x 12” Diameter
Completion: 01 | 2024
Price: VISIT ETSY SHOP FOR CURRENT PRICING & AVAILABILITY
Calypso serves as the foundational inquiry into my broader exploration of organic ceramic forms. Inspired by deep-sea documentaries—specifically the otherworldly architecture of hydrothermal vent tube worms—this piece marks a pivotal advancement in my ceramic studies
The layering of elements mimics the natural way these organisms build upon one another in the ocean's depths. It represents a significant leap in my technical practice, focusing on the 'language of growth' and how static clay can express the living energy of a deep-sea colony.
Dim: 24" x 24"
Price: -NFS-
A progression in my work, Symbiosis is an exploration of interaction and cohabitation within biological forms. This piece expands upon the techniques developed in Calypso, applying them to depict the dynamic systems of an entire ecosystem rather than an individual entity.
The physical buildup of the forms seeks to embody the organic processes of growth and competition found in the ocean depths, where distinct life forms converge and create a singular, thriving structure
Dims: 32" x 32"
Price: -NFS-
Hotel Charlevoix - 1 of 2 is the first half of a collection of work that challenges the stereotypes surrounding the city of Detroit. What is truly crippling the city, the crime, the bankruptcy, or the stereotypes that people are so easy to form about it...
This piece embodies the parasitic effects of stereotyping manifested as a growth on one of the city’s oldest hotel skyscrapers.
Medium: Ceramic on archival print, 1 of 2
Dim: 48" x 36"
Price: Inquire for price
Michigan Central - 2 of 2 is the second half of a collection of work that challenges the stereotypes surrounding the city of Detroit. What is truly crippling the city, the crime, the bankruptcy, or the stereotypes that people are so easy to form about it... This piece embodies the bravery of the new.
What some may see as hopeless, others may see as potential.
Medium: Ceramic on archival print, 2 of 2
Dim: 48" x 36"
Price: Inquire for price
Wheel thrown ceramic vessels deconstructed to inform visual complexity and compositional a-symmetry.
Dims: Height 32" - 36"
Price: - SOLD -
