I look closely at the world around me and collect the shapes, patterns, colors, textures, and experiences that I use in my work. I make little distinction between the natural and constructed worlds and am drawn to the places where they overlap: growth and decay, bodies and buildings, beauty and illness, vulnerability and resilience. My sculptural work is rooted in lived experience, including poverty and illness, and often uses the beauty and material qualities of glass to explore subjects that can be uncomfortable, visceral, or difficult to look at.
Teaching, access, and collaboration are also central to my practice. I believe everyone has the right to explore their creativity and artistic expression, and that different materials speak to different people. I work to remove barriers to working with glass and create spaces for experimentation, sharing, and making. Increasingly, collaborative work allows the experiences and individual voices of others to become part of my practice, creating work where both what we make and the experience of making it have meaning.