[ S T A T E M E N T ]

I use oxidization, fire, and unpredictable materials as a catalyst for transformation. These materials are often buried by nuanced layers in a negotiation between concealing and resurfacing. What was buried will not stay, information will move towards the surface. I cycle these objects through phases of construction, deconstruction, and reconstruction, until each object has its own history.

The materials I use are industrial: cement, rusted nails, and brittle plaster. I experience these materials as unforgiving, decaying, and at the same time, fragile and vulnerable. These materials operate within a metaphorical system, which speaks to the frailty and transience of our own protective structures. I focus on these materials, and how they relate to one another through chemical interactions and fluid associations.

I am drawn to surfaces of accumulated history and compromised stability. My small-scale objects operate as intimate fragments of larger psychological and philosophical structures. These moments of deconstruction and entropy assert themselves as moments of transformation in a complex negotiation of personal histories and mythologies.