I make art that flips the script on labor: what if it wasn’t about exhaustion and profit, but about care, connection, and rebuilding community? From interactive spaces like The Meeting Spot to performances that turn work into acts of shared resistance and renewal, I reimagine labor as a chance to connect with the earth and each other, not just a cycle of endless production. My work is tactile and raw—materials straight from the earth, undone and open for discovery. It invites people to touch, feel, and reflect on the environment around them.
Influenced by my Scottish ancestry and the Protestant ideals of work as salvation, I challenge systems that prioritize profit over people. Like Grant Kester’s emphasis on shared experience or Ann Hamilton’s immersive installations, I use art to spark collaboration and conversation. In everything I make—whether cob structures or participatory objects—I bring labor back to its roots: skill, collaboration, and community. I am interested in reinterpreting personal history and collective effort to create connections that matter.
I am drawn to impermanence—materials, like us, change over time. In projects like the unplastered cob (clay, sand, straw) structure, which will eventually return to the earth, decay and transformation become metaphors for ecological care. Inspired by Futurefarmers’ land-based interventions, I want my work to honor the land, the people, and the labor that sustains us. Through craft, ecology, and community, I aim to create spaces that let us pause, reflect, and connect in ways that truly matter.