Ongoing project(2023-) Foraged wild clay from DC, MD, VA, SC, NC, TN, DE, NJ, PA, NY, CT, MA, IL, ND, and MT

This thesis presents gardening, picking food and eating as enjoyable steps towards the reclamation of the food system. Participants select and harvest food from the tile based vertical garden + then prepare the items together at the preparation station, talking about the food before us and food in general. Lastly, the participant will choose a […]

The Drumbakfiets was created in collaboration with Bicycle mechanic Brian McDermott, and with the consultation of Doug Kruger seen playing the drums. The cargo bike portion was made from a discarded wallmart mountian bike, a used bed frame, a discarded kids BMX fork, a piece of box tube steel, a broken mid century chair, a […]

At the recent NCECA 2023 conference in Ohio, I recited the names of over 500 protestors and civilians who were killed during the recent uprising in Iran. I memorized their names, using my body as a cradle of remembrance to keep their spirits alive. However, as my body is fragile and ephemeral, I found solace […]

I draw inspiration from Islamic art and indigenous rituals for this artwork. I bite into plates I created from clay sourced across the US. Biting deep into the plates is a tactile approach to establishing my identity as a Middle Eastern woman. With this act, I unearth the buried histories to transcend colonial narratives within […]

Slip cast and hand built porcelain, iron stoneware,  marbled reclaimed clay & post consumer glaze/underglaze conglomerate material and sink sludge, leather, glass & Plant matter.

This is a sculptural diagram of the bisection of the MT Granite Design Seed Bank. It exhibits the double walled, inner seed capsule that helps to regulate the seed’s temperature (which should stay around 50-60 degrees Fahrenheit when buried below permafrost). The Seed Bank Project is a multi-era, multi-disciplinary project meant to span decades, cultures […]

This new 2022 image is a collage of some of my Illustrations in Clay and Porcelain. I am now conducting musical ceramic workshops for children, bringing me such joy. As a singer in a Boston area Swing Band,  I specialize in lovely songs by my favorite Irving Berlin  and the brothers George and Ira Gershwin, and […]

Tortilla Social is a multi-faceted, mobile printing presses that will engage audiences through various artistic and cultural functions, converting any spaces into hubs for art workshops and gastronomic explorations.

All three pieces were created after sketches I always create in my program guides at Boston Symphony Concerts. All were created in Denmark at the wonderful International Ceramic Research Center, Guldagergaard during my 2 residencies in 2011, and during my second residency in 2012, when I made the nesting pitchers with in-glaze, twice glaze fired […]