About

Statement 

My work is predominantly based in abstract clay modeling, mold making, and casting in paper, concrete, plaster, and metal. I reference Catholic iconography, Paganism, and Greek Mythology while investigating the intersection of psychology and spirituality. Rather than use the mold to reproduce an object, I am using it to document proof of something that once existed. Paper pulp and beeswax, while not practical to the process, carry deeper archaic and historic meaning as modes to preserve history, myth, and the body. My instinct to reexamine the mold came after experiencing the passing of my mother. Since then, I have been using my sculptural practice to visually articulate this void. 

Grief can be quite complex; we experience it on a daily basis in some capacity whether it be facing the loss of a loved one, a job, or a memory. We grieve places, people, objects, events, and even parts of our identities. It can be hard to navigate and painful to embrace. It’s collective and it sweeps you away and grounds you to a universal truth: that our bodies are temporary and life is intertwined with death. 

We are living in a time when the presence of loss weighs heavy on our psyche. We are also experiencing collective grief in response to the ecological crisis, while being denied the time and space to mourn what has been taken from us. Through investigating the absence of form, I have begun to consider how the objects I create act as containers for grief: psychological reliquaries. When we experience loss we are hollowed out and hardened while at the same time being forced to acknowledge our fragile states of existence. By holding space to grieve, we begin to foster a new relationship with absence, one which has the ability to transform and heal ourselves and the collective.