Hanging Fleurettes

The Hanging Fleurettes series grew out of a deep admiration for flowering trees, whose delicate blooms and graceful, hanging form have mesmerized me since moving to Portland over a decade ago. Having grown up in the arid landscape of the southwestern desert, I feel a sense of joy and gratitude each spring when I walk beneath the flowering tree canopies of the Pacific Northwest. Rather than mimicking flowers exactly as they appear in nature, the series captures their essence through abstract form, material, color, light, and shadow.

The fleurettes are crafted from thinly pressed porcelain, fitted between a pair of brass or nickel finials into strands of crocheted wire and suspended from a wood header. They float and have room to slightly turn as if caught by a gentle breeze.

Artistic Tile

This series of handbuilt and cast ceramic tiles explores a modern, architectural language with a slightly brutalist sensibility. Modular forms repeat across each piece, their bold color and textural relief creating rhythm and structure. I'm drawn to mixing surface textures and repeated elements, building a tactile field where light and shadow become part of the composition. The result is work that feels both disciplined and alive, structural yet organic.