My work is preoccupied with the emotional and social impact of ecological loss and climate change. I am particularly curious about uncovering and overcoming the systems that bind us in harmful patterns. Currently, I am working with reclaimed and wild clay, and biodegradable materials created from plants, in order to build a closer and more palpable relationship to Earth. This is a recent material shift in my practice, which has focused on recycling materials from the built environment, such as plastic textiles, concrete, and construction debris, into sculptures that call attention to climate collapse and the similarities between big systemic challenges.

My sculpture in this exhibition revels in clay’s relationship to deep time. These forms are improvised based on observations made while walking in forests and along the seashore. They are visceral and intuitive collages of plant, rock, muscular and skeletal textures that speak to the relational experience of living on Earth.

• Heirloom Convoy
• MATERIAL AGENCY