statement

My objects serve as evidence of a possible life. Though now static, they serve as an indicator of growth, a preserved specimen. These pieces become relics, infused with the memory and feelings of their creation. Details and textures become an imprint of each step in their progression as forms, as bodies aware of their history and source of being. I consider them precious in their role as documents of a time and feeling, yet they also serve as parasites. This is due to their formation—physical and emotional cannibalism of the self. The value of the piece comes not only from the experience of creation, but also from the transfer of person to object. Considering my life as valuable, I attempt to transfuse that worth into a tactile, visible container through efforts resembling penance. This creation of a being endeavors reconciliation between fear and wonder, fact and feeling, distance and empathy, and intuitive action and its limitations or rules of invention. These rules allow for the works to serve as physical solutions to emotional problems and guarantee a relationship where the more I put into it the more I get out of it. Perhaps also transforming the parasitical into the symbiotic.