About My Practice

My work explores transformations, patience, and the possibilities of paper as a sculptural medium. I am drawn to the contrast of the simplicity of paper and the intricate and complex forms it can become through careful manipulation.

Working primarily with paper and wire, I use techniques including quilling, cutting, collage, and paper mache to construct sculptures by hand. The process is intentionally slow and repetitive, often requiring over a hundred hours to complete a single work. Sustained attention serves as a personal meaning behind each piece. The repetitive nature of the process creates a meditative practice where small, deliberate actions gradually grow into something complex and unexpected.

The work draws inspiration from the rhythms and repetitions of the natural world, but it is not intended as a literal representation. Instead, forms are transformed through abstraction, exaggeration, layering, removal, and accumulation. I am interested in the point where something familiar begins to shift into something imagined.

Time is an essential element of my work. The labor invested in each piece is embedded within the finished object, forming a tension between the delicate nature and ephemerality of the core material and the weight of permanence in its vessel. While paper is inherently vulnerable, through thousands of individual decisions it can become substantial and enduring.

Central to my practice is the experience of the viewer. I am interested in the participant’s role in completing the work through perception. How do we rationalize the unrecognizable? When confronted with an overabundance of detail, what do we actually see, and what meaning do we assign? My work asks the viewer to navigate between recognition and uncertainty, order and chaos, clarity and ambiguity.

The sculptures are often presented within custom-built boxes incorporating matting, museum glass, and lighting. These elements create a portal into a contained world. From a distance, the sculptures appear as unified forms; up close, their intricaty is revealed through the countless individual elements.

Ultimately, the work is an invitation to slow down and experience what can emerge from intentional patience.