[ S T A T E M E N T ]

My recent work consists mostly of organic abstractions that evoke aspects of nature, but also of geometry, architecture, music or language, and aim to pack their energy like a haiku poem. Ceramics has been, since prehistory, about vessels, and as a sculptor and ceramist I am interested in natural and human-made forms that contain, protect and shape life in its multiplicity of form; a hard wall around an empty space: shells, hulls, buildings...

Having a background in architectural design, I envision forms that will have a strong presence and be intriguing and beautiful, proportionate and harmonic inside and out: the poetics of space. I sketch and study the form in drawings before starting a piece. Sometimes I draw elevations, plans and sections to understand how to build it and how it will support itself when the clay softens during firing. I make small models to study the form or full size templates to guide me during construction.

A parallel body of work consists of mixed-media site-specific installations and large free-standing structures. These pieces, whether wall-mounted or free-standing, are light, almost ethereal, poised between rest and action and invite the interaction with (and their transformation by) the observer.