Bicycle Wheels

A friend’s mother and fellow artist residing in Colorado reached out to me one day last April with a commission idea, which led to exploring a completely different design process than I’d done before, and ended up being a very popular item and generated quite a few sales, new connections, and new ideas. She sent me an example photo of a re-purposed bicycle wheel with multiple pieces of colored glass soldered together between the spokes of the wheel to make a large sun catcher.

Kick Me

This wooden device is made for smashing ceramic plates using the swift movement of one's kick. Included are a wooden plate hanger/hook, a painted “X” stand for plate-impact, ceramic plates with holes for hooking, and some painted cones (for guidance and for cautionary purposes). Smash to your heart's desire! 

Ontological Expansiveness

This body of work explores politicals of racialized space. Who controls the space? Who benefits and who loses from the control of realistate and social spaces? The work is a metaphor of Black and White space and what can happen when White people enter historical or socially Black space.

Flocked Candle Holders

These flocked candleholders are wheel thrown in multiple parts, then combined into large forms that experiment with how grand in scale a form can be that is used to hold just a single candlestick. They come with built-in "mouse holes" for storing matches or lighters to light the candles. The middle form is a candle holder as well, but is disguised as a lamp, still offering light but instead from a live flame rather than lightbulb. 

Goggles, Games, Among Other Things

This is a series of ceramic objects that could ideally be scattered around a house or displayed on a table for someone to use and play with. Each object has its own function and activated a form of motion and creativity. A smash-able ceramic paddle and ball game, a tool/writing utensil holder which can be looped onto a belt, a cup with a cork that you can pull out, goggles, a pink weight, a trophy, a candle holder and flame snuffer, and a comb. Each of these objects require activation in some form and ask for play.

Postpartum

This series explores the joy, struggle, and strain of motherhood. Using stretch marks as a physical representation of the tension, resilience, flexibility, and limits of my own body, these pieces trace my journey through child-bearing, breastfeeding, parenting, and self-acceptance. Constructed with ordinary yarn, these pieces highlight the beauty in the often disregarded and concealed parts of our journeys. 

At the End of my Rope

Inspired by the persistent anxiety and fear filling my chest since early 2020, this performance piece creates a physical representation to how I felt throughout the past year and a half--the continual uncertainty, grief, loss, and tragedy. . 

Ceramic Helmet #3 (Vase)

The two objects pictured are a wearable ceramic helmet and a wearble ceramic wrist guard, both used for holding/displaying flower arrangements. This is part an ongoing series where I make wearble, multi-functioning ceramic helmets with matching wrist guards. Each helmet and wrist guard set will have different functions, such as holding tools, food, displaying playful objects, or presenting interactive games.
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