I make art to self-regulate. I was drawn to the Fibers department in college for its tactile, meditative hand processes, and I still work towards that familiarity. Fiber arts were born in repetition and grown from utility, which makes them grounding for both maker and viewer. For me, creating has always been a form of comfort.

I am equally drawn to storytelling—children playing make-believe, cultures building their mythologies, and the quieter prompts that start those stories: an empty dollhouse, a mouse hole in the wall, a rock shaped like an egg. Familiar, even mundane things with unrealized potential are what pull me in.

I want my work to read as hints of small stories that the viewer gets to tell. I believe that humble subjects in playful settings do this on their own. I am not challenging the viewer—I am inviting them into a conversation that they get to own.