I am an interdisciplinary artist, exploring the interaction between sound and design. My research includes experimental instrument design, composition, improvisation, and sound installation. My living is made up of a combination of commissions, grants, teaching contracts and self-organized projects.

Clay is currently my preferred musical medium because of its flexibility and the possibility of making any shape. I first became curious about ceramics while listening to the sounds of colliding bowls and cups while washing dishes. How can we celebrate our own unique existence through sound? I believe in the transformative possibilities of sound; vibration that can bring the mind back to the present moment. As an instrument designer who composes and performs on my own instruments I am engaged in a unique dialogue with the process of sound-making.

I believe that new instrument design can empower all of us to explore music and sound free from the toxic perfectionism and empty virtuosity still prevalent in many types of music practices today. Perhaps with an unrecognizable vessel we can focus on the sound it creates rather than the success of playing it to an established standard.