Studio

I think of my studio practice as a microcosmic ecosystem where I work in intentional cycles of material and conceptual (re)generation. The byproduct of one project creates material for the next. A question posed by one object necessitates the creation of another.

The way in which I work with materials cyclically is tied to the domestic space, specifically the domestic space my parents created for our family. I was brought up in an environment of frugality, making, mending, and cooking. In the kitchen especially, I grew up observing the way my mom wasted as little as possible, saving bones and stems for stock, stale bread for croutons, and the water in which garden-fresh beans were boiled as “liquid gold.” In her text on home cooking, An Everlasting Meal, chef Tamar Adler describes, “Meals’ ingredients must be allowed to topple into one another like dominos.” Learning to cook in this way taught me that resourcefulness is both practical and beautiful. In my studio, as in my kitchen, materials and ideas are continually toppling into one another.