Artist Statement

I use glass to initiate conversations about fear, play, and value. Because the medium of glass is commonly perceived as fragile, viewers are often hesitant to touch my work. I invite them to interact with it anyway, believing that the value of play outweighs the risk of breakage. This gesture is not meant to diminish the value of what I’ve made(or glass), but rather to elevate play to the same level of importance that glass already holds in the mind of the viewer.

When my work breaks, I still feel a sense of loss. But I accept that possibility when it comes at the cost of something I find deeply meaningful: action taken despite fear.

I am particularly interested in the split-second moment in time when hesitation gives way to action- when someone feels afraid to do something but chooses to do it anyways. It is within that moment of pause and decision that my work lives.