PorTfolio

Aside from the smaller functional work in my shop, I also make big wall pieces for gallery shows, furniture, and abstract sculptures. Here are some of my favorites that I’m really proud of :)

Chapters
2024
Stoneware, rope, embroidery
43” x 23”

This piece explores the journey through life's chapters and how they shape our identity. Significant events such as graduating, moving, changing jobs, global events, medical diagnoses, and the start or end of relationships mark the transitions between chapters. The nature of life is messy and abstract, but moments of clarity signal the start or end of a chapter. There is complexity in processing the grief of change—mourning what has ended while feeling excitement for what lies ahead. While change can be daunting, it’s through these changes that we grow, carrying forward memories and knowledge to enrich the next chapter.

Exhibitions
2024
CHRONICLE: A Collection on Time and Memory, SOMArts, San Francisco, CA, Juried by Don Santos

Transition
2023
Stoneware

Commission

Side Table No. 2
2023
Stoneware, glass

After successfully proving to myself that I could make furniture with clay, I was able to iterate on my designs while scaling up in size.

The ceramic form needs 3 points of contact to create the most stable base for the glass. Side Table No. 2 highlights these 3 points through an organic shape that promotes function of stability, while the form folds in to take up less physical space. Carved lines emphasize the form while creating simple and elegant visual interest.

On the inside, a matte blueish green glaze mimics the color seen on the side of the glass from the presence of iron oxide. The outside is raw, with clear glaze only inside the carved lines, to highlight the beauty of the natural material.

Side Table No. 1
2023
Stoneware, glass

My obsession with furniture design really solidified when I visited Denmark in 2017. Since then, I dreamed of designing and making furniture of my own. I felt limited by my lack of experience with traditional building techniques but I decided to use the ceramics skills and resources I had to make furniture on my own terms that was authentic to my creative expression. Side Table No. 1 acted as a proof-of-concept to quickly prototype my idea for ceramic furniture before venturing into more complex designs.

Family Tree
2022
Stoneware

This piece is a visual representation of me and all of my ancestors who came before me, shaping every part of who I am. This tree goes back as far as I know the names of my ancestors, back to the mid-1800s.

Big Planter
2021
Stoneware

Giraffe
2001
Stoneware

I made this when I was 6 years old :)