To Hold
glazed stoneware
5” x 11” x 6”
2026
coiled vessel shaped by the impact of my hands, as if i were holding a loved one’s face.
featuring lyrics from “Bella Luna” by Jason Mraz.
If I Lead
glazed stoneware
9” x 12” x 9”
2025
this is a self portrait vase inspired by two of my favorite artists: Egon Schiele and Gustav Klimt. the text printed into the piece is the chorus of the song "If I Lead" by Kiltro, signifying how Klimt and Schiele are leading me on my artistic journey. it is a coil pot that utilizes the sgraffito technique and underglaze painting with some glaze work.
Great Barren Reef
glazed stoneware
10” x 5” x 5”
2025
a hand-built ceramics piece that comments on the pollution of our oceans and the consequent destruction of coral reefs. the urchins were thrown on the wheel, off the hump.
Look Up
textile
10” x 5” x 5”
2021
Sink or Swim
patinated steel
10” x 5” x 5”
2024
articulated fish headpiece made from hammered steel treated with black magic patina. inspired by japanese samurai helmets. entirely riveted, so the tail flops back and forth, and even the fins and gills move.
Fishing for Thought
paper, cardboard
10” x 5” x 5”
20
a wearable and interactive wig, with an added crochet paper collar.
Coon
plaster
10” x 6” x 4”
2020
a reductive sculpture capturing only the essence of a raccoon. 100 sketches done in preparation— to figure out what exactly makes a raccoon a raccoon?
Natalie Messerschmidt
stoneware, acrylic
10” x 6” x 4”
2020
a self portrait bust based on the work of the artist Franz Xaver Messerschmidt. in the Roman Republic, busts of patricians were often over-exaggerated with wrinkles to show the wisdom and maturity of their subjects. Messerschmidt, whose style is often viewed as neoclassical, chooses instead to use wrinkles for depictions of exaggerated grimaces and grins. my bust is an ode to Messerschmidt's ability to confidently portray his own personal demons while still alluding to the wise style of sculpture from the Roman Republic. it toes the fine line between maturity and madness.
After Lucero: Rubens
glazed stoneware
6” x 4” x 4”
2025
part of a series inspired by Michael Lucero, this pot was thrown on the wheel and combines elements of my slavic heritage, futuristic motifs, and depictions of my favorite artworks: in this case featuring a detail based on Peter Paul Rubens' "Fall of the Damned."
Cuckoo
steel
8” x 18” x 4”
2023
Embrace
wood
24” x 12” x 11”
2023
an abstracted planter in the form of two people embracing, perhaps a mother and a daughter, perhaps lovers. in practice, the more one loves the plant and take care of it, the bigger it will grow— an allegory of love cultivating personal growth, represented by the plant itself. both heads have space for a plant, as well as lids incase one doesnt want to blossom.