I feel privileged to find myself captivated by two ageless mediums: silk filament transformed into woven cloth and raw stuff of the earth, decomposed rock. When I work with clay, a dense medium into which no light penetrates, I feel connected to it’s world: sturdy, timeless, quiet. I marvel at the process and feel of this medium that moves fluidly thru my hands, and which can be coaxed into endless possible forms. Sheer fabric promises that light is a part of the art while warp and weft offers a structural rigidity that clay does not! Working with light-suffused silk organza or stitching clay print with invisible thread is a part of the binding that helps explain my drive: transparency has become a vehicle I continue to have curiosity about.

I enjoy the conversations between these mediums. I strive to have fun, to be diligent and authentic, and to embrace uncertainty with grace through the many phases of my art-making.