Artist Statement

I was born and raised in New York City. I obtained my undergraduate degree in Art (ceramics and printmaking) from The University of Wisconsin, in Madison. I lived in Wisconsin for five years until moving to Seattle where I have been, now, for most of my life. I am a certified Montessori teacher and a licensed mental health counselor. I balance my life as a psychotherapist working with children and families with my art. Currently I am making felted wool vessels that are part basketry, part sculptural, and similar in many ways to ceramic pots or bowls, and pastel drawings.  The materials I use in the vessels are wool, silk, waxed linen, natural plants, feathers, reed, pine needles, glass beads, and anything else I find that I can incorporate into the work. The pieces range in size from 4 inches tall and 5 inches wide to 6 inches tall and 7 inches wide and are strong enough to be used as bowls or baskets. I am inspired by things in Nature, poetry and other literary forms, and people. The pastel drawings together with the vessels demonstrate the transformation from one art form to another, as well as what happens in that transformation from a 3-dimensional object to a more personal 2-dimensional drawing. The process of making these vessels and drawings is both meditative and magical.