1. Where do you look for inspiration?
Lately, I have been inspired by rugs and tapestry, as well as Flemish and Dutch 16th century still-life paintings.
2. What medium are you drawn to the most? Why?
Obviously, I am drawn to ceramic. I also work with food, glass, and watercolour.
3. How, if it all, has your practice evolved over the years? Has your work or style or approach changed? What has stayed the same?
My work changes every year. I grow and evolve as a person and my art grows with that. But more specifically with ceramics, there is so much to learn and explore that I can’t stick with one thing! I have recently gone from years of creating functional wheel work to sculpture, so this has been a huge shift in style, approach, and technique. Slowing down and pulling out of factory-mindset burnout has been incredibly important for me.
4. What are you currently working on?
Right now, I am currently working on a collection of goblets for a group show I am curating in Montréal in November at entretemps. Calisse de Goblet is a show where I force everyone I know to make my favourite style of cup. My goblets are basically a still-life painting with a cup stacked on the top.
5. Do you have any advice for artists just beginning their practice?
Take it slow and do something creative as part of your daily routine. I draw a comic a day and take five minutes before bed to do this. It has nothing to do with my main artistic practice, but I think an artistic release a day is akin to physical exercise.
6. What are you currently reading? Do you have any book recommendations?
In the vein of poetry, I am actually reading my sweet friend from New York charles theonia’s book of poetry, Gay Heaven is a Dance Floor But I Can’t Relax (Archway Editions, 2024), when I am home. I listen to audiobooks at the studio, and then read a trashy fantasy before bed as well.
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