Dreams as Structure

Lately, I’ve realized I need to focus on just one of the eight elements I’ve been exploring — and for now, that element is dreams. I’m carrying forward much of what I developed in the last project, refining it so that the physical structure — the box — becomes interchangeable. I want to be able […]

Thinking Inside the Box

My Wildroot & Amber project got me started on making boxes. I used the laser cutter to create them — slick little things with tabs that lock perfectly into each other.

Fragments, Bottles, and the Music Between

People often ask me what this installation actually is — so here’s the story. It started in Japan as a fragment of an idea. The seed was the apothecary — bottles as vessels, not of remedies but of memory. Not to cure, but to hold. Each fragment a container. Each sound a trace. I began […]

Being an artist is strange

Being an artist is strange. You pour yourself into something knowing it simply is. It exists because it had to—not because anyone REALLLLY wants it. Over 120,000 tracks are uploaded to Spotify every day—a flood of sound so huge that the thought of competing with it feels absurd . And it’s so f*cking vulnerable putting […]

On Process, Cringe, and Creativity

The other day I was talking with someone about trying new things. He told me he had just done something for the first time and felt super cringe at the end. I love those people. The ones who try, who put themselves out there even when it feels awkward. The project I’m presenting at Signals […]