My admiration for machines, their function, and the beauty that occurs out of their necessity to perform motivated an exploration of the way they exist in and interact with the world around them.

The forms I create connect me to the world I live in and they function like machines structured to co-exist with their environment and become activated by it. The inherent qualities of the organic are contrasted and complimented by the characteristics of the mechanical form. They contrast my human emotion and compassion with their perfunctory and emotionless function. They are mechanical representations of my human self that connect to their environments.

These forms occupy the environment of the gallery and have begun to alter it. They have become inhabitants of the space and are being defined by it. The environment, experiences, and relationships surrounding them amplify their vulnerable and intimate dependency of the space.

I start by developing an organic and docile exterior form, which is inviting to the viewer. Once engaged, the viewer is drawn to the space inside and encouraged to examine it. The interior spaces of these forms are composed of simple layers that give the illusion of complexity. Through this, a balance is achieved between the stillness of the external form and the intimacy of the interior space.

I, primarily, construct these objects using copper and silver sheet to portray a sense of mechanical, inorganic function through piercing and fabrication. And with the same material I am able to create organic forms through the processes of raising and manipulation of this material. This allows me to embody these objects with an emotional and impassioned identity and ground them in the familiarity of function and the imitation of life