Artist Statement
My work is grounded in both formal materiality and relational experiences, looking at concepts of care, intimacy and temporality. The source materials are embedded with meaning, and transform across various processes and situational placements echoing the constant re-arranging of self in relationship to others. Influenced by my experience as mother and daughter, the work often references the doubling or folding of time, identity and value.
I look at the relationship between inanimate objects and the human. Working within the framework of assemblage, I look for the traces left by objects, specifically the shapes of discarded toy and product packaging and containers that no longer contain. The glass sculptures combine bodily forms with these vacuum-formed plastic containers. They are replicated in plaster mold form and finally undergo another transformation when glass is blown into the interior of the mold. The glass vessels are central to my ever shifting installations and are vulnerable, resilient, and ultimately require a sense of carefulness and protection. Their situational placement on faux fur rugs, keychains, plastic tags, aquarium sand and plant material offer a place of sustenance and support.
