The Great Lakes basin was sculpted by the slow, deliberate retreat of a glacier. In its wake, this ancient force left a terrain not defined by spectacle but by quiet persistence. Its understated beauty emerges in subtle rhythms: the rustle of cattails bending in the wind or the steady lapping of waves. My love for this landscape formed through touch and movement, through the physical act of exploring shorelines and wetlands. That embodied connection guides my interest in how objects can invite interaction and cultivate sensory awareness. In my ceramic work, I aim to translate this sense of quietude into form. Utility becomes a point of connection, a way to create objects that can generate an intimate, tactile dialogue between user and material. 

Within each series or individual piece, I focus on evoking mood and presence. This approach allows a visual language to emerge that is as fluid and varied as the terrain that inspires it. I’m drawn to forms that feel generous, open and calm—where a gentle slope becomes a pause, a space for sensing rather than simply seeing. Within these forms, I consider how light and shadow move across the surface, revealing delicate shifts in color, texture, and contour. At the heart of my work is an invitation for a moment of quiet recognition: a sense of closeness, of stillness, of encountering something shaped by forces both deliberate and soft. Like the landscape that formed me, the pieces are meant to unfold slowly, an experience that emerges through touch, attention and time.