My ceramic sculpture practice is rooted in traditional hand-building techniques—slab building, coiling, and solid construction. Working in clay, I create contemporary figurative sculpture with an emphasis on gesture, proportion, texture, and the human form.

I work with a range of clay bodies, rotating between materials and allowing the distinct properties of each to inform both construction and surface decisions. Each figure develops through an iterative process of building, adjusting, and refining, with shifts in proportion, posture, and orientation shaping the final form. Forms are constructed incrementally and refined using hand tools and found materials, while surface texture emerges through direct manipulation and imprinting.

Each piece carries a reminder of our inherent strength and power. The figures take the form of guardians, matriarchs, angels, and queens—archetypal presences that explore resilience, authority, protection, and inner strength.

Surfaces are finished with layered oxides and glazes, bringing together the marks of process with a resolved and cohesive final surface.

In 2015, I founded Pugmill Society, a collective of eight ceramic artists based at Equinox Studios in Georgetown. The studio is open to the public during the Second Saturday Art Walk, providing an opportunity to share our work and process with the community.

After seventeen years of working with clay, I remain deeply engaged in the process of constructing and resolving figurative form. I am grateful to continue learning from these materials, from the process itself, and from the privilege of making.