The Studio

Making ceramics is a special kind of transformation — materials combining under pressure and heat, slowly becoming something new. Time moves through this process in many directions. There is the intimate time of making: the careful steps of shaping clay into a vessel, the tactile attention of the hand, the waiting for the right moment between too soon and too late. Alongside this is a much longer sense of time. As an ancient craft, ceramics connects us to the earliest cultural expressions of humanity.

In my own life, making has always been close at hand. I grew up surrounded by forms of craft passed down through family: quilt making from my grandmothers, sewing and needlework from my mother, early lessons in clay from my aunt.

I later studied drawing and sculpture, eventually earning a master’s degree where my practice expanded into video and sound installation. Across these explorations of form and media, certain threads remained constant: an attentiveness to nature, a sensitivity to color and pattern, and an interest in how objects inhabit and shape the spaces around them.

My return to ceramics was a pendulum swing back toward material — toward touch, utility, and generosity in the objects I create. The studio became a place to bring together contemporary design and traditional craft through vessels intended for everyday life.

The studio was established as a container for these explorations: a space for small-batch works that balance structure with softness, restraint with warmth.

I currently live and work in New York City*, drawing continued inspiration from my West Coast roots. The studio is guided by a commitment to harmony, experimentation, and quiet beauty.

*New York City is located on Lenapehoking, the ancestral lands of the Lenape people. This acknowledgment is offered in gratitude for the generations who stewarded this land and in recognition of the ongoing impacts of settler colonialism.