My Mediums

Ceramic

I have 10 years of ceramic experience, both handbuilding and wheel-throwing. Ceramics is certainly my favorite of the Fine Art mediums I practice, though it is also the messiest!

Wood & Metal

With experience in industrial wood tools and machines, I am able to construct using joinery and carving techniques. I also have additional welding experience in metalwork.

Mixed Media

Mixed media is an incredibly expressive art form. Often times any piece I make with mixed media is entirely motivated through commentary and conversation of content.

Tetrahedron Hand - 2021 Wood, Glue, Paint

The Fujimini Keys Project - 2024

This project was an homage to my mother and the creative endeavors of her life. She wrote a children’s book series titled the Fijimini Island Series. Inquire below for more information:

Concept: My Personal Landscape

Landscape is a polysemous word. Working with the multiplicitous definitions of landscape, such as terrain, earth, history, beliefs, values, circumstances and situations, I was able to ideate a sculpture to intersect with this theme. This project is not only an homage, but a reflection on personal landscape and what makes up an individuals reality.

Features

Fujimini Animals: These colorful little animals are creatures taken from the multicultural children’s book series, the Fujimini Island Series, written by Eileen Wacker. The books feature playful penguins, rowdy hamsters, kind dolphins, silly rabbits, patient pandas, samurai turtles, and an adventurous red dragon (my personal favorite). Each story in the series teaches readers a valuable moral lesson. (Check Here)

Additional Figures: Additional characters in the landscape are the surfers, the snowman, the squirrel, and the bird. These figures are more representative of myself, rather than the books. Each figure is included intentionally because of a connection to someone or somewhere influential in my life, or a lesson Ive learned.

Landscape Characteristics: The landscape is an island surrounded by ocean, representative of an individual. It has many unpredictable features, weird edges and drop offs, but it is a personal paradise. Additionally, I was able to use rocks Ive personally collected over travel.

Inspiration: Fujimini Series

Eileen Wacker, as some may have connected, is my mother. When I was growing up she was actively publishing these books and using them to teach my siblings and I valuable life lessons for everyday life. She used these books as a tool to teach us morals, and largely they shape the principles I have today. Be kind, inclusive, try your best, and just do good things.