Visual Art – Chicago
Humans make stories. Every one of us is building a tale, each moment of each day that we breathe, talk, eat, and just experience life. I make sculpture about human stories.
I combine fired clay with found objects. Used objects have histories that are personal and obscure. They are interesting on their own, but when attached to a clay figure they take on a new purpose and connect that figure to the real world.
The process of collecting and assembling odd objects is much like the way we construct our personalities as unique beings. We spend a lifetime collecting the faces, places, smells, and ideas that we use to sculpt the self, the inner demon, the Hugmunculus.