The physical process of creating ceramics holds a special place in my practice and heart. I believe in and deeply value this process. This segment is abundant in ideas and experimentation, both physically and conceptually: it represents unrestricted and creative freedom – rendering any notions of 'right' and 'wrong' obsolete. Thinking through the material, I receive and respond to the information at hand, which is revealed by the process. This essential push and pull between myself and the material is where my experience of being a craftsman is enriched – mentally and physically immersed in the process.
I appreciate that the material I work with challenges me as much as I challenge it.
The forefront of my practice is attentive to form and space, fundamental yet instrumental notions from which my hypotheses derive. I am interested in scale and the embodied experience attained when meeting 3-dimensional matter. The affect of material existence is what drives my practice, meaning the (initially visceral), however, raw and immediate bodily response to a physical manifestation.