I create vibrant, micro-worlds and maximalist sculptures from disparate collections of cast-off materials. These pieces combine aspects of emotional, social, and environmental landscapes relating to a material-based culture into grotesquely beautiful arrangements.

I'm interested in how we value or relate to various objects in our lives and the ways these things are absorbed into our subconscious and intermix with the natural environment.
On one hand, we have learned to substitute outward materialistic gestures for authentic emotional connection, and on the other hand, the many manufactured objects and surfaces we encounter in our lives can become sensory cues linking us to memories of people and places. Fascinated by this dynamic, the materials I choose to make my work range from are previously owned and passed down, or abandoned. I search for once-sentimental items like holiday decorations, children's toys, and button collections; and comforting textures like sweaters, blankets, and upholstery fabrics. I also incorporate needlessly ornate functional items like cocktail swords and colorful sponges as a nod to both the absurdity of our excess where we try to "spice up" banal moments. To make my work, I meticulously reconfigure each object, tearing seams, unraveling sweaters, snipping, folding, and reshaping flat surfaces. I break down manufactured items into parts and assemble them into new textures. With these modified materials, I create formations with intricate and alien surfaces that interweave and imagine various interconnected states of being that lie below the surface of our consciousness. The excessiveness within my work is carefully composed, an invitation to linger in both a shared and introspective experience.