Potentials of Imperfection

Potentials of ImperfectionMost people experience trauma at some point in their lives. My work in ceramics, video, and installation seeks to capture the psyco intellectual and social perspectives of traumatic healing. Reflecting on the artifacts of trauma offers concrete imagery elucidating the stark, lonely nature of this journey. During my military service, I observed, and continue to observe, physical and psychological trauma. In my work, I recreate, reorganize, and offer a

Most people experience trauma at some point in their lives. My work in ceramics, video, and installation seeks to capture the psyco-intellectual and social perspectives of traumatic healing. Reflecting on the artifacts of trauma offers concrete imagery elucidating the stark, lonely nature of this journey. During my military service, I observed, and continue to observe, physical and psychological trauma. In my work, I recreate, reorganize, and offer a response to the powerlessness felt up against life's severity by documenting the transformative history we carry with us. Fragile and Fierce is an installation of 644 ceramic vessels. Each vessel visually represents one of the women who died in the line of duty during conflict, from WWII to present. This installation is both a memorial to and a codex of the women who died during WWII, the Korean War, Vietnam, Operation Desert Storm/Shield, Operation Iraqi Freedom, and Operation Enduring Freedom.