2021, Ceramic
A sculptural installation in the hollow base of an oak tree.
Rooted Vessels is an ongoing series of sculptural installations that respond to and inhabit voids and hallows found in nature. Developing from an older body of work that created vessel or pod forms to hold a found object or the body, this project inverts the process, instead creating the form that is being held. These hand-built ceramic forms adapt to and fill their found spaces, nesting and seeking shelter in these adoptive homes. They reflect the process through which we are constantly adapting and reshaping ourselves in response to shifts in life, both traumatic and mundane.
Once a location has been selected a rubber mold is made of the interior space. This is then used to create a plaster cast replica in which the inhabiting form can be sculpted. A plasticine “sketch” is created, then replicated in ceramic, which is then fired to produce the final piece for installation. Recently, I have begun exploring the use of 3D scanning and printing processes to overcome technical limitations such as the difficulty of making molds in the field and the shrinkage of ceramic pieces when being fired. Documentation of my research and development can be found on my Instagram, linked in the sidebar of this website.
Rooted Vessels was produced for the Leonard Bernstein Festival of the Arts and received grant funding from the Brandeis Arts Council.
2021, Ceramic
A sculptural installation in the hollow base of an oak tree.
Rooted Vessels is an ongoing series of sculptural installations that respond to and inhabit voids and hallows found in nature. Developing from an older body of work that created vessel or pod forms to hold a found object or the body, this project inverts the process, instead creating the form that is being held. These hand-built ceramic forms adapt to and fill their found spaces, nesting and seeking shelter in these adoptive homes. They reflect the process through which we are constantly adapting and reshaping ourselves in response to shifts in life, both traumatic and mundane.
Once a location has been selected a rubber mold is made of the interior space. This is then used to create a plaster cast replica in which the inhabiting form can be sculpted. A plasticine “sketch” is created, then replicated in ceramic, which is then fired to produce the final piece for installation. Recently, I have begun exploring the use of 3D scanning and printing processes to overcome technical limitations such as the difficulty of making molds in the field and the shrinkage of ceramic pieces when being fired. Documentation of my research and development can be found on my Instagram, linked in the sidebar of this website.
Rooted Vessels was produced for the Leonard Bernstein Festival of the Arts and received grant funding from the Brandeis Arts Council.
2021, Ceramic
A sculptural installation in the hollow base of an oak tree.
Rooted Vessels is an ongoing series of sculptural installations that respond to and inhabit voids and hallows found in nature. Developing from an older body of work that created vessel or pod forms to hold a found object or the body, this project inverts the process, instead creating the form that is being held. These hand-built ceramic forms adapt to and fill their found spaces, nesting and seeking shelter in these adoptive homes. They reflect the process through which we are constantly adapting and reshaping ourselves in response to shifts in life, both traumatic and mundane.
Once a location has been selected a rubber mold is made of the interior space. This is then used to create a plaster cast replica in which the inhabiting form can be sculpted. A plasticine “sketch” is created, then replicated in ceramic, which is then fired to produce the final piece for installation. Recently, I have begun exploring the use of 3D scanning and printing processes to overcome technical limitations such as the difficulty of making molds in the field and the shrinkage of ceramic pieces when being fired. Documentation of my research and development can be found on my Instagram, linked in the sidebar of this website.
Rooted Vessels was produced for the Leonard Bernstein Festival of the Arts and received grant funding from the Brandeis Arts Council.
2021, Ceramic
A sculptural installation in the hollow base of an oak tree.
Rooted Vessels is an ongoing series of sculptural installations that respond to and inhabit voids and hallows found in nature. Developing from an older body of work that created vessel or pod forms to hold a found object or the body, this project inverts the process, instead creating the form that is being held. These hand-built ceramic forms adapt to and fill their found spaces, nesting and seeking shelter in these adoptive homes. They reflect the process through which we are constantly adapting and reshaping ourselves in response to shifts in life, both traumatic and mundane.
Once a location has been selected a rubber mold is made of the interior space. This is then used to create a plaster cast replica in which the inhabiting form can be sculpted. A plasticine “sketch” is created, then replicated in ceramic, which is then fired to produce the final piece for installation. Recently, I have begun exploring the use of 3D scanning and printing processes to overcome technical limitations such as the difficulty of making molds in the field and the shrinkage of ceramic pieces when being fired. Documentation of my research and development can be found on my Instagram, linked in the sidebar of this website.
Rooted Vessels was produced for the Leonard Bernstein Festival of the Arts and received grant funding from the Brandeis Arts Council.
2022, Ceramics, Glass Jars, Water
An installation sited at Chapel Pond, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA, April-June 2022
Floating Vessels is an expansion of the Vessels series. Slip-cast ceramic forms are placed into an aquatic environment with water becoming the mechanism by which the pieces are held. The tactile properties of objects floating/submerged in water are unique due to liquids being able to conform perfectly to any shape or surface and apply completely even pressure in all directions. It’s a type of “holding” sensation that really has no exact facsimile. The forms are heavily inspired by the anatomy of water-based plants and animals and variations in weight and volume produce differing amounts of buoyancy from piece to piece.
Installed in 2 parts, Floating Vessels was located in and next to Chapel Pond on the campus of Brandeis University. One set of vessels inhabited the water and shore with pieces free-floating or gently embedded amount the native plants. Nearby a set of jars presents specimens “collected” from the pond, as if for further study in a laboratory setting. Documentation of both the creation of with piece and its interaction with the installation environment can be found on my Instagram, linked in the sidebar of this website.
Floating Vessels was produced for the Leonard Bernstein Festival of the Arts and received grant funding from the Brandeis Arts Council.
2022, Ceramics, Glass Jars, Water
An installation sited at Chapel Pond, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA, April-June 2022
Floating Vessels is an expansion of the Vessels series. Slip-cast ceramic forms are placed into an aquatic environment with water becoming the mechanism by which the pieces are held. The tactile properties of objects floating/submerged in water are unique due to liquids being able to conform perfectly to any shape or surface and apply completely even pressure in all directions. It’s a type of “holding” sensation that really has no exact facsimile. The forms are heavily inspired by the anatomy of water-based plants and animals and variations in weight and volume produce differing amounts of buoyancy from piece to piece.
Installed in 2 parts, Floating Vessels was located in and next to Chapel Pond on the campus of Brandeis University. One set of vessels inhabited the water and shore with pieces free-floating or gently embedded amount the native plants. Nearby a set of jars presents specimens “collected” from the pond, as if for further study in a laboratory setting. Documentation of both the creation of with piece and its interaction with the installation environment can be found on my Instagram, linked in the sidebar of this website.
Floating Vessels was produced for the Leonard Bernstein Festival of the Arts and received grant funding from the Brandeis Arts Council.
2022, Ceramics
An installation sited at Chapel Pond, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA, April-June 2022
Floating Vessels is an expansion of the Vessels series. Slip-cast ceramic forms are placed into an aquatic environment with water becoming the mechanism by which the pieces are held. The tactile properties of objects floating/submerged in water are unique due to liquids being able to conform perfectly to any shape or surface and apply completely even pressure in all directions. It’s a type of “holding” sensation that really has no exact facsimile. The forms are heavily inspired by the anatomy of water-based plants and animals and variations in weight and volume produce differing amounts of buoyancy from piece to piece.
Installed in 2 parts, Floating Vessels was located in and next to Chapel Pond on the campus of Brandeis University. One set of vessels inhabited the water and shore with pieces free-floating or gently embedded amount the native plants. Nearby a set of jars presents specimens “collected” from the pond, as if for further study in a laboratory setting. Documentation of both the creation of with piece and its interaction with the installation environment can be found on my Instagram, linked in the sidebar of this website.
Floating Vessels was produced for the Leonard Bernstein Festival of the Arts and received grant funding from the Brandeis Arts Council.
2022, Ceramics
An installation sited at Chapel Pond, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA, April-June 2022
Floating Vessels is an expansion of the Vessels series. Slip-cast ceramic forms are placed into an aquatic environment with water becoming the mechanism by which the pieces are held. The tactile properties of objects floating/submerged in water are unique due to liquids being able to conform perfectly to any shape or surface and apply completely even pressure in all directions. It’s a type of “holding” sensation that really has no exact facsimile. The forms are heavily inspired by the anatomy of water-based plants and animals and variations in weight and volume produce differing amounts of buoyancy from piece to piece.
Installed in 2 parts, Floating Vessels was located in and next to Chapel Pond on the campus of Brandeis University. One set of vessels inhabited the water and shore with pieces free-floating or gently embedded amount the native plants. Nearby a set of jars presents specimens “collected” from the pond, as if for further study in a laboratory setting. Documentation of both the creation of with piece and its interaction with the installation environment can be found on my Instagram, linked in the sidebar of this website.
Floating Vessels was produced for the Leonard Bernstein Festival of the Arts and received grant funding from the Brandeis Arts Council.
2022, Ceramics
An installation sited at Chapel Pond, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA, April-June 2022
Floating Vessels is an expansion of the Vessels series. Slip-cast ceramic forms are placed into an aquatic environment with water becoming the mechanism by which the pieces are held. The tactile properties of objects floating/submerged in water are unique due to liquids being able to conform perfectly to any shape or surface and apply completely even pressure in all directions. It’s a type of “holding” sensation that really has no exact facsimile. The forms are heavily inspired by the anatomy of water-based plants and animals and variations in weight and volume produce differing amounts of buoyancy from piece to piece.
Installed in 2 parts, Floating Vessels was located in and next to Chapel Pond on the campus of Brandeis University. One set of vessels inhabited the water and shore with pieces free-floating or gently embedded amount the native plants. Nearby a set of jars presents specimens “collected” from the pond, as if for further study in a laboratory setting. Documentation of both the creation of with piece and its interaction with the installation environment can be found on my Instagram, linked in the sidebar of this website.
Floating Vessels was produced for the Leonard Bernstein Festival of the Arts and received grant funding from the Brandeis Arts Council.