Recurring lucid dreams and night terrors leave me disoriented in my personal life. To combat this feeling and hesitation about reality, I analyze the tangible world to ground me in physical existence. I have adopted First Principles Thinking* which boils objects and problems down to their fundamental truths and then reasoning up from there. For me, confusion is an invitation to put logic back together.

I obsess over objects, particularly those that others might tend to overlook. Inspired by domestic interiors and the natural world, I isolate and scale up common things to invite human bodies into new, surreal experiences. Through clay, I simulate patterns and structures to reveal fundamental truths of structure. The clay’s material properties dictate how I manipulate it. From the restraints of wet clay against gravity, I react and respond. I combat what I cannot control in ways that I can, such as using weight and suspension to create anticipation and uneasiness.

My work allows me to investigate object-hood through shape, texture, size, scale, proximity, form, and color. I separate new truths from the cognitive shortcuts of stereotype, assumptions, and bias that accelerate conclusions. I slow down thoughts by exaggerating objects and the space they reside in as a way to put logic back together.