My work is firmly rooted in the home as a site to explore patterns of consumption, growth, and decay. I’m interested in taking stock of the mundane objects and materials that surround me. I want to care for these things, but in a way that eventually wears them into nothing. I want to create systems that toe the line of absurdity but still know when it’s time to shed their lining.

This series began when several aluminum roasting pans, a turkey baster and a bucket of clay slip found their way into my studio. I used these things to build up the structures before you, layer by layer, over the course of my two and a half month time here at Franconia. These works are inspired by time spent in the kitchen but have also been itching to get back outside and into the ground. Since these structures are made from unfired clay they might be gone by the time you’re reading this. There are even more shapes scattered around the park, a few of which I guarantee you’ll never find.

Please look but don’t touch, these pieces are quite fragile and meant to be worn away by the rain not human hands, thank you!

I would like to extend my deepest gratitude to Tim Manalo for the clay, knowledge and good advice and to Babette Pendleton for the generous gift of documentation.