“As an artist, I am also a scientist, an explorer, and an investigator. I work within the cross section of these identities to examine, to break down, and to intervene, ultimately using the results of these experiments to inform the development of my work. My sculptures reference geological formations and connect the raw materials of glass such as silica, lime, and heavy metals to the natural formations they come from. By adding to these raw components, I embrace entropy in my practice and use processes of experimentation to create surprising and unusual works of art in glass. Reflecting on the spontaneity of nature- setting up a series of conditions in which the materials react with each other. For me, it is this experimental process that matters, more so than the final product. I am pushing the viewer to question their perception of what glass is. I am interested in the alchemy of glass processes, the magic that happens while working with the material.”