My work begins with a desire to remain close to place. Through clay, I explore the slow relationships that form between people, artifacts, and landscapes over time. I see making as a collaboration between human intention and the forces that shape the natural world. Clay records touch, heat, and time, holding evidence of both careful decisions and unpredictable transformations. Functional pottery is central to my practice because it exists within daily life while carrying traces of the place and processes from which it emerged.

My process reflects this commitment to material and place. I build many of my own tools and forage for clay, feldspar, and wood ash throughout the southeastern United States. Working with minimally processed materials allows me to embrace the challenges and variability each location presents. I fire most of my work in a natural gas–fired kiln, where atmospheric reduction enhances texture and surface. Recently, I have expanded into larger-scale forms that emphasize weight, presence, and physical encounter while continuing to explore my relationship to Alabama and the Southeast through material, surface, and form.