Art & Flowers …
My work with plaster was born from a question to the Universe.
What could I do with my hands that involved art and flowers?
I asked for it to be revealed and stayed patient.
For one year, I waited. One day I was watching my usual Youtube calm videos from Japan when I came across a Danish woman who was making bas relief plaster work. It was if I met my match, everything from there became one big experiment after another.
One of a Kind
What emerges is never planned or manipulated. Each piece carries the pace of the day it was made, the pressure of my hands, the bend of the flower stem, and the willingness to let go of control. Clay has a very important part of the process as well. I use a very heavy B Mix Clay with sand which inevitably gives a very vintage feel to the final piece.
The natural desert sediment I add is what makes my pieces truly one of a kind. The nature of my work is inspired by this one ingredient that is to most people, a nuisance.
Once finished, plaster has a grounding weight to it — it has a presence like nothing I have ever experienced. I think of these pieces as companions rather than decor objects, offering a petite pause, a place to rest the eye, and a reminder that the handmade life is something beautiful to behold.
“Notice the quiet, and choose to listen again.”
The Practice of Plaster
Within each collection is a curation of a contemplative process. I ask the question and the answers are revealed in the plaster once it has cured. It is more of a spiritual practice than anything - as is most artistic mediums.
Every plaster teaches me something new which I why I love it so much. The hardening of that is real and true and then kept as an heirloom for a lifetime.
