My practice explores the relationships between material, the body, and transformation, with clay as my primary medium. I see ceramics not only as objects, but as records of the body—holding touch, pressure, and breath as traces of resilience and fragility, change and growth.

I often think of my work in parallel with moss and coral, two quiet ecosystem engineers that sustain life by accumulating slowly, layer by layer. Moss stabilizes soil, coral builds reefs; both create habitats that allow others to thrive. They also act as mirrors of environmental precarity: moss signals air and water quality, while coral bleaching reflects warming seas. Beyond these warnings, both are agents of climate balance—peat moss storing vast amounts of carbon, coral reefs locking it into stone. Their forms remind me that making is not just about shaping material, but about creating conditions for care, repair, and survival. I am currently experimenting growing moss within and atop my woven, coral-like structures as a means of investigating these concepts.

In the studio, I approach clay as a collaborator. Somatic practices—breathwork, yoga flows, or free movement—guide the gestures that shape my forms. These movements do more than shape the work visually: they help me regulate my nervous system and manage my epileptic seizures by activating the vagus nerve, which governs heart rate, stress response, and overall nervous system balance. Through rhythmic breathing, slow stretching, and mindful movement, I stimulate this pathway externally, functioning much like an external vagus nerve stimulator. Each coil, press, or spiral becomes a trace of the body’s presence, storing energy almost like an echo or fossil, and transforming both the material and me.

Ultimately, I understand my practice as an embodied ecology. Clay becomes a site where the body, movement, and environment converge—where fragility and resilience coexist. Drawing from moss and coral, I seek to expand ceramics beyond object-making into a relational practice that sustains life, preserves memory, and cultivates transformation.