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Transmutation
Transmutation

Transmutation

Transmutation depicts a rhino-like creature that has discarded its organic shell to adapt and survive within an industrial landscape.

This sculpture is ceramic with a metal coating (modified gypsum, iron & copper dust)

Transmutation

Transmutation

Transmutation depicts a rhino-like creature that has discarded its organic shell to adapt and survive within an industrial landscape.

This sculpture is ceramic with a metal coating (modified gypsum, iron & copper dust)

Husk

Husk

Husk reimagines nature as a body infected by human industry. Through it’s cracked and flaking skin and rusty pipe-entwined structures, the piece captures the collapse of human dominance and the resilient, eerie beauty of a wild world forced to adapt and evolve.

14" x 14" x 10"

ceramic, glaze, metal coating

Husk

Husk

Husk reimagines nature as a body infected by human industry. Through it’s cracked and flaking skin and rusty pipe-entwined structures, the piece captures the collapse of human dominance and the resilient, eerie beauty of a wild world forced to adapt and evolve.

Disappearing

Disappearing

Disappearing literally shows the slow, pixelated erasure of an endangered White Rhino. By systematically removing square blocks from its form, I’m illustrating how human activity is physically unravelling the natural world—one piece at a time.

This sculpture measures 20” 12” 8”

ceramic with a metal coating (modified gypsum, iron & copper dust)

Disapearing

Disapearing

Disappearing literally shows the slow, pixelated erasure of an endangered White Rhino. By systematically removing square blocks from its form, I’m illustrating how human activity is physically unravelling the natural world—one piece at a time.

This sculpture measures 20” 12” 8”

ceramic with a metal coating (modified gypsum, iron & copper dust)

Predator/Prey

Predator/Prey

Symbiosis - Predator/Prey - ceramic, metal coating

17”x15”x10”

"Predator/Prey" was cfreated as part of my Evolution series that depicts creatures born of necessity. In a world defined by human upheaval, these opposing forces have evolved to adapt and survive together, finding a strange, forced harmony in a chaotic environment.

Created with bamboo skewers & cheesecloth, glued together for the form which was then dipped in liquid clay (slip), fired once to burn out the "organics" and vitrify the form. Then the whole piece was surfaced with numerous coatings of modified gypsum (Forton MG) & oxidized copper/iron powder.

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Fortress

Fortress

Fortress

32" x 25" x 22"

ceramic, metal coating,wire, bamboo

Part of a series exploring anthropogenic impact, this sculpture uses kiln-burned cheesecloth and slip to create a distressed form, reinforced by bamboo scaffolding and finished with an oxidized metal coating.

Fortress

Fortress

Fortress

32" x 25" x 22"

ceramic, metal coating,wire, bamboo

Part of a series exploring anthropogenic impact, this sculpture uses kiln-burned cheesecloth and slip to create a distressed form, reinforced by bamboo scaffolding and finished with an oxidized metal coating.

Fortress

Fortress

Fortress

32" x 25" x 22"

ceramic, metal coating,wire, bamboo

Part of a series exploring anthropogenic impact, this sculpture uses kiln-burned cheesecloth and slip to create a distressed form, reinforced by bamboo scaffolding and finished with an oxidized metal coating.

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Upon the Backs of Beasts

Upon the Backs of Beasts

Upon the Backs of Beasts

32" x 21" x 14"

Ceramic, wood, paper, wire, metal coating

Part of a series exploring anthropogenic impact on the natural world. This piece was constructed using organic and inorganic materials including stoneware fired ceramic and stretched paper over bamboo lattice.

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Transmutation
Transmutation
Husk
Husk
Disappearing
Disapearing
Predator/Prey
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Fortress
Fortress
Fortress
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Upon the Backs of Beasts
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