My current investigation in clay illustrates the harmonious transformation of life and death as observed in the natural world. I collect natural mementos, abandoned cocoons and seeds that exemplify the fluidity of growth and decay.

My curiosity in the collected specimen’s form, surface and life cycle generate a desire to preserve that natural language and fleeting energy in soda fired porcelain forms blurring the line of function and sculpture.

The clay becomes a permanent record of the metamorphic moments I seek to capture and the unpredictable soda environment recreates the excitement of discovery. The cocoons and seeds I have created encapsulate the symbiotic cycles of natural flux coexisting and cooperating, one transition initiating the next.