Artist Statement

Beauty has the incredible ability to slow people down. A nuanced phrase, a quiet moment, a stunning object, they all capture our attention and affection just long enough to take us out of our usual headspace. Diverting our thoughts to more wonderful things, it reminds us to enjoy our surroundings, which are brimming with such understated wonders. This is why I make tableware. Vessels are personal. You can hold them in the palm of your hand. It is this proximity, this relationship garnered by touch and lack of distance, that allows for a closer reading and a more intimate understanding.

The forms of my work are alluring and elegant, with a beautiful surface that beckons, inciting the initial reaction. Many of my pieces are adorned with hand drawn flowers with a rich and direct sense of line.  By allowing a flower’s contours and edges, its rhythm, to be the source of its beauty, I am able to draw people nearer to my work, revealing subtleties and encouraging discoveries. It begins the process of seeing, inviting people to slow down, as I have in making it, because, although we are surrounded by subtlety, it can often pass unnoticed (a misfortune of its discreet nature) without the seduction of beauty. By making striking work imbued with soft-spoken splendors, I create objects with the potential to stir interest in a second look.