About

I am a recent B.F.A. graduate with a concentration in Hot Glass at Salisbury University, studying with Aric Snee, head of the Hot Glass department. I began working with hot glass in 2022, and in 2023 I worked at the Corning Museum of Glass as a "Make Your Own Glass" gaffer. My most recent vessel series, "Overgrowth" won first place at this year's SU Art Department capstone exhibition, with two additional purchase awards given by the university. I will be starting an apprenticeship soon at the Simon Pearce factory in Oakland, Maryland.

I gravitate towards vessels because, through their functional design and diverse historical connections, they set up layers of expectation that can be subverted to explore a variety of subject matter. The viewer’s past connections with functional glass give me an opportunity to reach across and say something new within them. In this way, I aim to inspire interest into hot glass as a material, a process, and an art scene.

Before I began working in glass, I spent my time painting, drawing, and taking photos. I feel that as I explore a new medium, I expand my toolkit to most accurately and concisely express my perspective. My 2D work provides direction for my glasswork in their form and energy, and has developed alongside my work in glass. The accessibility of my 2D process pushes me to keep exploring outside of the glass studio, and stay curious about process more broadly. I use these processes to capture interesting moments, make connections and process conflicts within myself and the world around me. Then I meditate on how a material like glass can express that, such that the glass enhances or embodies an idea on one of many levels. Glass' wild capacity to quickly take on and change form, operating within infinite, momentary opportunities for action, makes this a gratifying challenge.