Ceramics didn’t just give me a creative outlet. It gave me a place to belong.
Growing up between two worlds — not blind, but not fully sighted — I spent a lot of time in spaces that weren’t designed for me. I struggled a lot in school. When I finally found clay, something shifted. The wheel doesn’t care what you can or can’t see. It responds to touch, to pressure, to feel. For the first time, I wasn’t working around a limitation. I was working from a strength.
That realization never left me. It’s in everything I make.
I work from a home studio in the San Francisco Bay Area, and my practice is built around functional, repetitious forms — dinnerware, vessels, and everyday objects made to be used. I work in multiples, which means each piece is informed by the one before it. Forms evolve slowly, refined through repetition, use, and the kind of attention that only comes from making the same thing over and over until it’s exactly right.
Each session at the wheel, through slab building, or with molding is an opportunity to refine form while keeping the presence of the handmade alive. I work across multiple techniques — wheel-thrown, slab-built, and molded — often combining them within a single piece. The result is work that is visually intentional and built for daily life, where balance, proportion, and surface are considered alongside function.
Color and surface are how I communicate my visual point of view. Texture, contrast, and repetition become tools for engagement — inviting touch and use, and emphasizing durability and accessibility in the objects that fill everyday life. I want the work to reward handling, not just looking.
I also teach — because ceramics gave me something that school couldn’t, and I believe it can do the same for others. Workshops, glaze resources, and guides are a core part of what I offer here. The same tools and techniques I’ve spent over a decade developing, shared with anyone ready to get their hands dirty.
Between Two Worlds Ceramics. Made by hand. Built from experience. Grounded in feel.
