Nature
Nature has a way of drawing you in. There is so much intricate beauty hidden within the small parts of the natural world. Photography gives us a chance to capture that beauty in ways that our eyes are unable to do on their own.
Ceramics
Ceramics has quickly become a passion of mine, feeling the pliable clay in my hands, becoming fully immersed in the action of making something functional from nothing, and letting my mind clear as I think about the movement of the clay. Throwing on the pottery wheel has a way of overtaking my whole body. I have to be in tune with every aspect of how my body is feeling and moving as well as what my mind is thinking about. When I walk into the studio, I have learned that I need to relax myself or else I will screw up my piece by being too forceful and not patient enough to give the clay the attention that it needs in order to become something beautiful.
