In my work I seek to capture the interconnected nature of the world that we all exist in. The human society we live in hinges on connection — between individuals, social structures, government regulations, academic disciplines, and beyond — through which many things are inherently linked to other things. I seek to tease out the sometimes invisible, other times conspicuous, web of ties that hold up the world where we live. Through identifying the connections that harm — those between policies and institutions that perpetuate oppression — and highlighting the human links that bolster and support, I seek to create art that engages the material properties of clay to understand the world around us. Particularly through the three-dimensional and tactile potential of ceramics as a medium, I seek to construct a physical manifestation of the connections around us that might otherwise be intangible. The the potential that ceramic materials hold for site specificity, replication, temporality and strength/fragility inspires and informs my work.