Desire Stone II is presented as part of the Natural Rituals exhibit at Lansing Street Gallery in April and May 2025. It is a 3.5 feet x 17 inch x 17 inch Stoneware vessel with Mendocino wild clay slip, fishing line, and water.

Artist Statement: "Through an accumulation of gestures, I make rhythmically patterned sculptures that reference the human body in both form and scale. Fingermarks in clay are intentionally accentuated by repeating the motion until they take shape into familiar images: a pelvic bone, a bird’s beak, a spiral shell. In this way, the marks of my hands begin to echo the beings and objects that surround me. The resulting patterns appear organically, reflecting inherent interconnection and a universal language of form."

I make ceramic sculptures as cultural devices for meaning-making, specifically focusing on themes of ecology and spiritual inquiry. Working from my studio amidst coastal redwood forest, my practice privileges the aesthetics of locality while nurturing intentional processes and a deep connection to place. Sometimes this is through the use of wild clays and other foraged materials, or in the interpretation of direct encounters with animals, plants and elemental forces.

Through an accumulation of gestures, I make rhythmically patterned sculptures that reference the human body in both form and scale. Fingermarks in clay are intentionally accentuated by repeating the motion until they take shape into familiar images: a pelvic bone, a bird’s beak, a spiral shell. In this way, the marks of my hands begin to echo the beings and objects that surround me. The resulting patterns appear organically, reflecting inherent interconnection and a universal language of form.