STATEMENT OF WORK

I’m researching the intersection of bodily transformation and when symbolism shifts to create something completely new. The history behind the mediums impacts our perception when reading into a piece of artwork. I use ceramics (ancient) and photography (contemporary) to question established symbols, the stories that cemented them, and whether the meanings can be changed. My photographs are of abstracted body parts—feeling almost like pieces of a body that need to be put back together—creating a mythology of my own using my interpretation of stories. The stories I tend to focus on involve the female body as an uncomfortable focus point. The use of relic aesthetics gives the viewer the perspective that the pieces are old, true and part of a larger story. I explore the theme of transformation in both the work itself and the process. Placing my ceramics into a bath of inkjet to transfer a photo onto, reminds me of skin being placed over a skeleton.