I LOOK BACK AT MY WORK FROM 2020 AND I FEEL EMPATHY FOR THAT PERSON, SHE WAS SO SAD! I’M LEFT WITH A GRAVEYARD OF BIZARRE SELF PORTRAITS THAT ARE EMOTIONAL, SUBMISSIVE, DECORATIVE AND ARE NEVER HUMAN. AT THE TIME I FELT THAT EVERYTHING I’D BUILT WAS LEVELED TO THE GROUND, I WAS ONE ALL FOURS, IN THE DIRT, AND COMPLETELY SUBMITTING TO WHAT COMES NEXT. IT’S IMPORTANT TO ME TO GIVE CONTEXT TO MY CERAMIC WORK BECAUSE IT WAS SUCH A NARROW TIME I WAS CREATING IN THIS MEDIUM AND THERE’S CLEAR REPEATING THEMES.
3.5” TALL.
2020
AN ANIMAL HERE TO PERFORM AND SUBMIT.
ABOUT 8” IN LENGTH
2019
WOMAN IS BLUE AND NEEDS TO LAY DOWN WITH A GLASS OF WINE.
ABOUT 4” IN LENGTH.
2020
AT THE TIME I WROTE “THIS ONE IS ABOUT YOUR TEETH TEARING THROUGH YOUR OWN FLESH”. AT THE BEGINNING OF 2020 I HAD JUST GONE THROUGH A DIFFICULT BREAK UP, I WAS LIVING AT THE BACK ROOM OF MY CERAMIC STUDIO, I HAD LOST MY JOB, AND THEN LOCKDOWN HAPPENED.
I MADE A LOT OF WORK DURING THIS TIME ABOUT THE EXCESS OF FEELINGS I HAD TO PROCESS. MANY OF THEM WERE SELF PORTRAITS, THE APPEARANCE OF MY WORK REMAINED CUTE BUT THE SUBJECTS BECAME VIOLENT, SAD OR INSOLENT.
THE PLATE IS AROUND 9” WIDE.
2020
THERE WAS A TIME WHERE I FELT LIKE A SWEETLY DECORATED THING CRAWLING THROUGH A VISCOUS OIL SLICK.
ABOUT 6” IN LENGTH.
2020
IF YOU’VE HAD A CAT THEN YOU KNOW THIS FACE JUST AS THEY LOOK YOOU IN THE EYE AND DASH FOR THE RUG. IT’S ALSO SALT SHAKER.
ABOUT 3” TALL.
2020
A SMALL PIPE
2020
I DIDN’T STUDY CERAMICS WHILE AT NSCAD, I ACTUALLY TRIED IT FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 2018 WHILE LIVING IN MONTREAL. I PICKED IT UP BECAUSE MY PARTNER AT THE TIME AND I WANTED TO OPEN A RESTAURANT AND IMAGINED SERVING EVERYTHING ON THESE CERAMIC ‘PAPER’ PLATES. THEY WERE SO THIN, OF COURSE THEY HAVE ALL BROKEN BY NOW. YOU CAN SEE I USED THE LAST OF THESE PLATES IN MY PAPER MACHE SCULPTURE CALLED “A PETTY MEMORIAL”.
THE LARGER PLATE IS 9”.
2019
DESIGNED TO FIT AN OAT MILK CAPPUCCINO PERFECTLY, ITS WALLS CAVED IN JUST THE RIGHT WAY TO FORM TO MY HAND, PAINTED TO LOOK LIKE A COOL ROCK YOU BROUGHT HOME FROM THE BEACH.
2019
I SADLY DIDN’T TAKE GOOD PICTURES OF THIS PIECE BUT IT’S ACTUALLY A TRINKET BOX.
2020
THERE’S SOMETHING ABOUT LIVING ALONE THAT GIVES YOU SPACE TO EAT WHATEVER YOU WANT, ON ANY SIZED PLATE. LIVING ALONE I WOULD WALK AROUND WITH ONE SMALL PLATE AND KEEP GOING BACK TO THE FRIDGE TO PUT A MODERATE AMOUNT OF A WEIRD SNACK ON IT, KIND OF LIKE IF YOU WERE AT A BUFFET WITH A TEACUP SAUCER, AND KEEP RETURNING UNTIL I FELT LIKE THAT HAD PROBABLY BEEN A MEAL. MY MOST PRIVATE ‘HIDDEN IN THE CRAB SHELL’ MEAL IS PEANUT BUTTER TOAST WITH GREEN OLIVES SLICED ON TOP.
2020
NOODLE BOWLS
DIMENSIONS VARY BUT MOSTLY COMPARE TO STANDARD SIZED RAMEN NOODLE BOWLS.
2019
ABOUT 5” TALL, SMALL PLANT POT OR COLINDAR FOR BERRIES.
2020
BERRY COLINDARS, FAIRLY SMALL AT ABOUT 5”
2019
GOURD WITH A LID.
ABOUT 8” TALL.
2019
BLUE WOMAN HOLDING A USELESS BOWL THAT BARELY HOLDS ANYTHING IT IS SO SMALL.
BARELY BOWL IS MAYBE 1.5” TALL.
2020