Junk Portal

Mainsite Gallery

Sparks fly when I encounter a vibrant fragment of waste rendered invisible to the average passerby. With an activated mind, I am drawn to the pops of color, values and forms littering our landscape. With these curious shards I amass a library of refuse. Through a repository of found and made objects, I craft a world that seeks to reveal the value of junk cohabitating with us. Working in the framework of play, my practice utilizes found objects and a multitude of processes rooted in the foundations of the ceramic medium. Through my assembly process I create playful ceramic sculptural objects that speak to our current moment of living in the Anthropocene. Living amid ongoing ecological crises involving pollution and global warming, my sculptures operate as micro landscapes finding alternative ways to view detritus, rehabilitating junk through art and aesthetics. In opposition to the fast pace of our capitalistic society built on convenience and disposability, the assembly process of my work is slow. From foraging to constructing, the unhurried observations in my practice enhance and reinforce the curiosity in the environments I inhabit, as I process the decay, beauty, and toxicity of our waste.