Two eyes, a nose, and a mouth placed close enough together do something incredible. They form life. I’ve been addicted to that process since doodling in the margins of my 7th-grade notebook. In July 2024, I signed up for a clay hand building class. Thirty minutes into my first pinch pot, a dent looked exactly like a cheekbone. Instead of finishing a pot, I added a mouth, then a chin. A year and more than 150 faces later, I still haven’t finished a pot.
Faces are uniquely magnetic. Thanks to the brain’s Fusiform Face Area, we can recognize and decipher thousands of them. The magic is in how small the difference can be: the slightest shift carries meaning. Sculpting faces is a live wire act; a nudge in clay can flip anger to relief, sadness to elation, and suddenly we’re seeing someone we love or can’t stand. Every face I make is meant to act as an intuitive trigger for the brain’s pattern reading.
I am process driven, resist repetition, and am motivated by novelty. I treat each face as an opportunity to learn more about sculpting techniques, expressions, glaze combinations, and everything in between. This constant search for something new is why no two faces look alike. My favorite way to experience the work is not in isolation but in conversation: faces playing off other faces.
Philly based ceramic artist.
I work at Interface Studio Architects in the Crane Arts Building. When I am not at work there is a good chance I am across the street at the Clay Studio.
I discovered clay a bit over a year ago and ever since it has been an obsession. Art has always been important to me. Sculpture and ceramics have taken it to a new level.
2016 - 2022
Drexel University
Bachelor of Architecture, 2+4 Program
2024
Clay Studio, Hand building 101
(Fall & Winter quarter)
2022
Senior Project: Michael Pearson Prize Medalist
2020
Ize Prize Competition: “Strangely Extraordinary”
