Artist Statement

Every single day, I marvel at nature’s miraculous energy—an invisible force that creates such exquisite designs and structures in every living thing around us, Collecting and studying various relics from the natural environment (seashells, egg casings, exoskeletons, leaves, bones, etc.) and distilling them into artwork is my way of “reading” nature and learning about more about these never ending transformations.

Making paper is an integral part of my process; the act of harvesting and transforming plant fiber into creative work puts me directly in touch with nature in an intimate way. Like the relics I collect and study, I think of these works as physical artifacts of an ongoing collaboration.