BA: The University of the Arts, Philadelphia 2008

"Beginning my journey into my post-art-school-experience, I have found myself working at a bronze sculpture foundry in North Philadelphia. I have been fascinated with the process of bronze casting for almost three years now. I feel like it has enriched my art process as I learn more and more about metal casting. I have been collecting bronze spills left after pours when we work together. I am fascinated with the forms created entirely on accident as molten bronze spills, hits the sand and freezes seconds later. These forms roll in and out of themselves creating infinite caves and protrusions like nothing created by hand."

"They become Rorschach Inkblot tests, a window into the mind of the viewer, or a reflection of the people who spilled it. Much like looking at clouds, you instinctively try to make out familiar forms such as landscapes, faces, or anything else the imagination can muster. It is liquid frozen in the moment it is most alive. Each one has its own personality, much like us foundry rats who inadvertently make them. The juxtaposition of the creators and their creations is what I am playing with. These sculptures are artifacts of my experience."