Artist Statement

The focus of my work is centered within the different perceptions of balance. I attempt to represent balance using shape and structure; pattern and color. Using these variables I hope to make a subconscious connection with others. We can find these connections in our lives every day when interacting with the surrounding world. We are drawn to different colors, attracted to patterns, and affected by the flow of changing shapes. We experience a continuous evolution of taste, one that we explore by designing our own worlds. Commonly using tangible objects, we express ourselves using a personal equation for aesthetic pleasure. The connections to shape, color, and pattern exist in all of nature. They can be seen in both plants and animals, used mostly as tools for communication and survival. These connections have long defined how we humans live and evolve. Using the physical properties of glass, I hope to construct forms that represent properties of balance. I am fascinated by pushing the structural limits of glass. I attempt to understand these limits, using the delicacy of glass as a common denominator to balance. The placement of lines and color allows me to play with shapes, emphasizing their individual properties. My artistic challenge is to explore the variables that equate to a representation of balance. Combining shapes and patterns with nature's asymmetrical designs, I hope to find a correlation between personal perceptions and their connections to the natural world.