metal is clay

The Cracks Are How The Dark Gets Out (detail)

Additional—over-head—view of the porcelain vessel on my “About” page. Complex pinching and forming processes allow micro-cracks to form...

Three (Of A Kind)

Sculptural porcelain vessel. Pinched and hand-built, unglazed. Fired to cone 10 in oxidation. Height: 26.3 cm. Inspired by the muses, from...

She #1

She #1. Sculptural form. Pinched and hand-built, unglazed Southern Ice porcelain. Fired to cone 10 in oxidation. Height: 25 cm. Memory...

Lily #1 (detail)

Floral study, pendant. Made by repoussé and chasing with hand-made, steel punches. Sterling silver (925) with 14k rose gold rivet detail...

Zap Kapow Flower (detail)

Plum blossom, floral study, pendant. Made by repoussé and chasing with hand-made, steel punches. Fine silver (999), with 3mm diamond set in...

Plum Blossom

Floribunda Series: silver pendant, also available as a larger wall-mounted sculpture. Created by repoussé and chasing with hand-made...

From The Heart (detail)

Sculptural form. Pinched and hand-built, unglazed Southern Ice porcelain. Fired to cone 10 in oxidation. For Fenestrations pieces, the...

Looking For Home

Sculptural form. Pinched and hand-built, unglazed Southern Ice porcelain. Fired to cone 10 in oxidation. Internal details and surfaces are...

Umbilicus

Interactive porcelain sculpture. Height 21.7 cm. Thoroughfare for nutrients in the womb, portal for surgery, vestigial organ…a journey...

Plum Blossom Screen (detail)

Designed and built with Cory Barkman (corybarkman.com). Architectural panel with hand-carved walnut, powder-coated aluminium, and 44...

In Dreams (installation view)

My equine hero is In Dreams, the foal is Looking Back: a young horse learning about life in the herd. I don’t know what horses dream of...

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Public art commission. Collaborative project with Jeff de Boer, RCA, and Cory Barkman.