ARTIST STATEMENT
“Giving Form to the Invisible of Our Time Through One of Humanity’s Oldest Materials”
Ceramics is one of the oldest materials used by humankind. I primarily work with coil building, one of the earliest methods of forming clay, deliberately leaving visible traces of the layered coils to evoke the accumulation of history shared by humanity and the earth.
My interest lies in the invisible dimensions of human life and the human spirit in contemporary society: memories and emotions accumulated over time, relationships between people, and human activities within society and the forces underlying them. By translating these intangible aspects into the familiar forms of everyday objects and vessels, I make them visible and present them to the viewer.
Just as ancient pottery conveys the beliefs, ideas, and daily lives of people from the past to us today, I consider my works to be “pottery of the present”—vessels that carry the spirit and lived experiences of people of our time into the distant future.