“There is a whistle in the wind that carries my ear to yours. If you listen closely, you'll find the tale I’ve written for you. Allow yourself to pull back the curtain and reveal these working hands and bodies, the never-ending stories that I will never stop telling. It is my obligation, you see, to make these often overlooked acts of labor seen, from the farmer to the seamstress, the carpenter to the pastry chef. And so on. Everybody plays an important role on this stage we call life, and who am I if not the hands to guide the spotlight?
I was raised in a castle of my own if you’re curious, my grandfather's hands sculpted the not-so-insulated white and brown house with big green doors and uneven floors; it’s the second house down on Cherry Avenue, in a town that used to be an apricot orchard. At the ripe age of six, I took on the role of the investigator, inspecting every nook and cranny of this family heirloom I call home, making every unused corner my own. You’ll soon come to find out that it is my duty to build a world within a world, to make the untouched, seen. My position quickly transitioned from investigator to architect, designing and constructing homes for my dolls under the stairs, in closets, and on the bookshelves with every scrap of cardboard, tissue paper, and fabric I could get my hands on. And do not fret, no surface was left untouched; the backyard had some fine-tuned landscaping for the fairies, too.
All these jobs fit nicely and neatly on my scroll of a resume by twelve, when I soon realized there was another passion to fit onto this list: reading. All while being an architect, landscape designer, and investigator, of course, I soon took on the responsibility of learning about the materials we use and where all that we interact with comes from. I began to engage with everything more carefully, knowing that the earth helped to make all that we engage with every day. The roots of my personal ethos as a maker have been growing for quite some time now, and I have learned not to see the earth as a tool for extraction, but as an active collaborator.
Now at the age of twenty-two, with all these well-established skills and heaps of knowledge under my belt, I prevail as a storyteller within my practice. As a textile maker, sculptor, and writer, my calling is to make work as an offering for you to reflect on your own life. To look and listen closely to the people who offer their diligent, working hands to help build the world you have today, and every day going forward. I ask you to keep my voice in your ear, telling you to peek behind the curtain, hear my story, and all the rest of my stories to come.”
Artist Statement, 2026.
