Weathering Forms: Traces of Time and Transformation
These sculptural works trace the rhythms of change. Rooted in natural forms, each piece reflects the subtle nature of becoming: how growth is often unseen, how imperfections carry beauty, how time leaves its own language on the surface of life. Together, these pieces speak in the language of process and reflect the conversation between nature, self, and clay.
Unless otherwise noted, all of the pieces are high-iron stoneware fired in cone 11 reduction using Malcolm Davis carbon trap Shino. Many pieces often use wax resist.
Emergence (2025): This piece is very special to me as it it the first sculptural piece I made. The form reflects the act of an opening outward and upward, mirroring the carved out space for peace and transformation. This is how I feel in the clay studio, a meditative space that allowed me to explore who I am outside of an educator and transform into an artist I didn't know was there. The title, Emergence, reflects the process of emerging into this truth. The sculpture is an organic, abstract form that evokes natural movement, like wind-swept rock. It's irregular, looping shape and negative space provides a sense of fluidity, while the textured surface and earthy tones from the salt-fired raw clay lend to a grounded, elemental feel. Despite its simplicity, it's both playful and meditative. It reflects an intuitive approach to form: unconcerned with perfection and more interested in exploring a shape that feels alive. Raw, soda-fired stoneware; 10.5 x 12 x 2 inches
Lichen Loop (2025): This piece, with its weathered textures and organic form, echoes the cracks and growth of personal change. Like the intertwined life of fungus and alga in lichen, the title reflects the loop between our social interactions and the cultural symbols we carry as we age. It speaks the strength in imperfection and the stillness found within shifting identities. It emphasizes the feeling of aging with neurodivergence, showing how materials, like people, can change in beautiful ways. 11 x 11.5 x 2 inches
Weathered Hold (2025): This piece carries the visual language of fracture and repair. The split becomes a place of tension and possibility, where surface and structure reveal the impact of time—something open, but not undone. It reflects how lived experience shapes us in subtle ways Rather than concealing imperfection, the piece allows it to remain visible, an acknowledgment that growth often arrives through perseverance and persistence. It stands as a meditation on resilience, and on the beauty found in continuing forward while bearing the evidence of change. 14 x 11.25 x 2 inches
Held in Balance (2026): This piece captures the fragile steadiness found within growth and change. Layered rounded shapes rise upward with organic asymmetry, creating a rhythm that feels both grounded and fluid. The glaze recalls weathered stone shaped through time, touch, and exposure to the elements. This is life and aging. Through the experiences and challenges, steadily I hold. 15.5x6.5x6.5
Forms of Becoming—Rooted Drift + Open Current (2025): Functioning together, the piece holds space for dualities: stillness and motion, strength and softness, solitude and dialogue. Their organic forms resist symmetry but hold harmony. Together, they echo the internal experience of growth that often unfolds invisibly, shaped by undercurrents rather than obvious landmarks. Like bodies or memories, they carry the story of process: imperfect, layered, and alive. They embody the tactile rhythms of mental renewal and the emotional truth that transformation doesn’t always announce itself—it settles in slowly, like sediment or moss, leaving behind a textured language only time can write. Rooted Drift: 13.75 x 6 x 2 inches; Open Current: 13.75 x 5.5 x 3 inches
Beyond First Glance (2025): This piece stands as a meditation on imperfection—on the slow, often unseen work of learning to see ourselves and others with softer eyes. t serves as a reminder that our initial judgments, especially of ourselves, are not the full story. Like people, this piece is not defined by smoothness or perfection, but by the layers of experience, reflection, and care it holds. What was once seen as a flaw has become a defining beauty—a living metaphor for how connection, empathy, and acceptance often begin not in perfection, but in brokenness. This piece is an invitation to pause, to look again, and to find wonder where you least expect it. 12.5 x 12 x 2 inches
Shared Passage (2026): This title reflects the idea that growth rarely happens alone. While Emergence explored the opening created through transformation, Shared Passage considers the connections that sustain us as we continue to grow. The looping form folds through itself, creating openings, crossings, and pathways that feel interconnected rather than separate. Like much of my work, the piece embraces asymmetry, movement, and negative space, allowing the process itself to remain visible. The intertwined form suggests that becoming is not a solitary act but one shaped by community, learning, and shared experience. Playful yet contemplative, the sculpture reflects a growing interest in how connection supports transformation, and how the paths that shape us often intersect in unexpected ways. 9.25x11x3
Quiet Presence (2026):