My work weaves together the natural world and the marks humans leave upon it. I explore ecological processes alongside the degrading effects of human activity during the Anthropocene, Tracing the tension between violent colonial histories and climate change, both impacting the social and environmental landscapes we inhabit today, and the ongoing resiliency of the organic world. I assert that land is culture that it holds memories and reflects the interconnected expressive lives of humans, animals, waters, and more-than-human beings.

My relationship to place and to the people around me is shaped by long histories, inherited narratives, and patterns of storytelling. As a German, Polish, and American woman born in Boston, MA and raised in Ann Arbor, MI, on land long stewarded by the Bodéwadmi people along the Huron (Wyandot) River, I recognize myself as both shaped by and implicated in systems of migration, capital exploitation, and settler colonialism. Within that tension, I see creative practice as necessary: a space for mourning, forming bonds, imagining repair, joy, and building allyship across positionalities and across more-than-human life.

Clay is central to this inquiry. As an ancient medium born directly from the earth, clay carries both function and beauty. It is cyclical, malleable, and demands patience. Until it is fired, it remains responsive shaped by touch, pressure, water, and time. Working with clay calls me back to the earth; its surfaces hold patterns and marks reminiscent of erosion, sediment, roots, and waterways. The material itself insists on relationship.

My sculptures and installations integrate organic materials such as rocks and bark, and industrial materials, glaze and metals interrogating the tensions and grief present in our vibrant material word, analogous to the expansive social world. I explore how we imagine the natural details around us and how we process our sense of place. Physical forms allow for a layered, visual, embodied understanding; an opportunity to flex perception and hold multiple perspectives at once. By blending creative practice with interdisciplinary research, reflection, and visualization, I seek to open mental space to witness a hopeful and honest picture blending life, history, position, responsibility, and possibility.