I make art to self-regulate. I was drawn to the Fibers department in college for its tactile experiences and meditative hand processes. Fiber arts were born in repetition and grown from utility, making them universally comforting and familiar. My choices of material and technique encourage connection with the viewer.

I am equally drawn to storytelling—children playing make-believe, cultures building their mythologies, and the quieter prompts that inspire those stories: an empty dollhouse, a mouse hole in the wall, a rock shaped like an egg. Familiar, even ordinary objects with unrealized potential are what capture my imagination.

I want my work to feel like the beginning of a story that the viewer gets to complete. I believe that humble subjects in playful settings do this on their own. I am not challenging the viewer—I am inviting them into a conversation that they get to own.