My work is modular and experimental; pieces can be removed, rearranged, and shared between works. I use found materials, fabric, and human remnants, particularly hair or ash from loved ones within sculptural and ceramic forms. These materials bring an element of ritual, feeling sacred and allowing me to continue an ongoing relationship with those I’ve lost.
Braiding is central to my process, rooted in a girlhood memory of my mother asking me to “braid a prayer” into her hair. This gesture continues through my work as an act of transformation. I dye, strip, and tear fabric to build an intimate relationship with the material, learning through touch and labor before integrating it into a piece. I often tie or staple elements together raw and immediate, revealing rather than concealing my hand. I move between dyed, saturated fabrics and stripped, faded cloth to explore a balance between softness and a vivid, eternal world. Ceramics play an essential role, forming organic, bodily shapes and supportive objects.
At the core of my practice is memory: transmuting lived experience into display through ritual, tenderness and labor.