I am a maker working at the intersection of art, design, and science.
I am driven by curiosity, a love of exploration, and a vast love for material and process.
I use the medium of ceramics to investigate the natural world and build a personal connection with our environment, Through meditative acts of creation, I create something a little different each day and discover something new each time.
I love exploring the joy of knowledge, understanding, and discovery that can show us wonder in the world. I seek to explore understanding of the sciences and their unending connection to the arts in a less conventional path. Through ceramics, I find ways to investigate form through throwing, material through glaze, and fire through alternative and manual firing processes.
From the materiality to the end result, the process is one that I deeply enjoy and connect with. The rich history of ceramics gives me a lot of inspiration to draw from and lets me be a part of a practice that is so important to human history in so many different times and places and in so many ways. I find we take for granted the cheap mass-produced dishes, plates, containers, and vases and so often don’t take the time to appreciate the things we own and what capacity they have to bring joy into our lives. I want the objects in our lives to be valued and treasured as a part of the household and as a part of our lives, there to make us feel a bit more human.
Ceramics since 2012. BFA in Ceramics 2025
She began her ceramics journey in elementary school when she took wheel throwing classes at the Palo Alto Art Center. She then went on to become a member of Clay by the Bay in San Francisco, California. Starting in high school, she worked as a teaching assistant for the school’s ceramics program and from there went on to a BFA in Ceramics from the School of the Art Insitute of Chicago (expected graduation Spring 2025), while also working at the SAIC Ceramics Department and interning at The Digs Chicago. She has attended wood-firing classes at Ox-Bow School of Art in Saugatuck, Michigan. She regularly attends and volunteers for the Association of Ceramic and Glass Artists during the annual festival in her hometown of Palo Alto, California.
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In addition to her work in ceramics, she has worked in various jobs with children and in childcare. She has been an active volunteer in political campaigns since 2016.
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