I work in metal because I find it seductive. It moves, flows, stretches, and compresses as it responds to hands and tools. My work is a conversation; I make my points, and the metal responds. Because our roles are sometimes reversed, I must also listen. The material limitations and allowances of metal inform the final forms in my work; I am interested in highlighting and drawing attention to the role that materiality plays in making.
 
This work embodies the relationship between process and product. I believe the unrefined nature of my current work speaks more strongly to process, material, and curiosity than a pristine surface could offer. I am interested in narratives of function, history, and utility. Through thickening, stretching, elongating, and skewing expectations of traditional formats, I aim to develop new forms which teeter on the boundary between familiar and strange and point to reimagined functions, occasions, and methods of use.