I am an artist re- emerging from a haze of motherhood (nearly!) and wanting to find ways to connect and share my experiences through art.

Exploring the dualities of life; the acceptance of two things existing at once, feeling so much love and so much overwhelm at the same time.

This work explores the fragility of the body as it journeys through childbirth trauma and mothering in a society that is disconnected to nurture and the earth. The pose feels powerful, a figure showing off its form.

The Stick People sculptures are created from sticks and clay, working with materials from the earth and sculpting in response to the body in its current state and form. The process is healing, a sense of flow that allows the mind to push away the anxieties of the world and tune into a moment of being.

After its creation, the clay cracks and unearths roots that have never been seen. This transformation holds both power and fragility, growth into a new form as old bodily structures crumble away.

The work itself is fragile, the air drying clay cracking and providing a sense of anxiety around its survival, the slightest knock and it could crumble. This sense of survival is a mirror of motherhood in today’s society, where nurturing support networks and a lack of understanding around perinatal mental health impacts the fragility of the body and mind.