About My Practice

My work explores transformation, patience and possibilities of paper as a sculptural medium. I am drawn to the contrast between the simplicity of the material, and the intricate complex forms it can become.

Working primarily with paper and wire, I use cutting, quilling, papier-mâché and other techniques to construct sculptures by hand. The process in slow and repetitive, often requiring over a hundred hours to complete a single work. Sustained attention is central to my practice. Repetitive actions create a meditative rhythm where small actions build into complex and dynamic shapes.

While some pieces have their origin as observations of nature, more often they stand in confrontation to reality than representative of it. Forms are transformed through abstraction and exaggeration. I am interested in the point where something familiar begins to shift into something imagined, and something imagined begins to feel like something familiar.

Time is an essential part of my work. The labor invested in each piece is at the root of the finished object. I am fascinated by the tension of the delicate and ephemeral nature of the core material and the sense of weight and permanence suggested by the finished sculpture. 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 and the role perception plays in finishing the work. How do we rationalize the unrecognizable? When confronted with an overabundance of detail, what do we actually see, and what meaning do we assign to it? I am interested in the intersections of recognition and uncertainty, clarity and ambiguity, order and chaos.

Color and light often heighten this experience. Saturated color creates atmosphere and intensity, while light alters the perception of depth, shadow, and material. Many of the sculptures are presented within custom-built boxes incorporating matting, museum glass, and integrated lighting, creating windows into contained worlds. From a distance, the works appear as unified forms; up close their intricacy is revealed through countless individual elements and moments of discovery.

Ultimately, all of my work is an invitation to slow down, look closely, and experience what can emerge from intentional patience.