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Ups and Downs

I struggle with a disease called keratoconus. My cornea is thinner in one spot, and outside stimuli from when I was younger have caused light to be reflected twice in one area. This makes dark versus light contrast hard to visualize and impairs some aspects of my life even with glasses. I worried about going blind, so I now use texture in my art to counteract that fear.

Growth

Cuándo & Dónde

When & Where

“Being oneself is, always, becoming that other that we are and that we carry hidden inside us, more than anything as a promise or possibility of being.” -Octavio Paz

Resonance

Pickled Gold

Reasons to Gather

I strive to create a sense of unity between different functional pieces of pottery and tie them together as a set. The sets I create all serve the purpose of gathering people together to take part in a ceremonial practice. These practices can be as mundane as a meal or as formal as a religious ceremony. They are the reasons to gather, and my ceramic sets are the tools used by those who have gathered. Therefore, my art is about the tasks that bring people together to interact with the  sets and the function they serve in various rituals

Rub Some Dirt In It

The Divine Women