I often consider the body—how our bodies intertwine, interact, and enter each other. I explore how my transness affects my relationship with my body and how it affects other people’s perception of me. I find myself using the nude male form recurrently in my imagery. Is this because of a desire to be with men, sexually and emotionally? Or does this obsession go deeper, reflecting an uncomfortability with my own body and a want to emulate the traditional masculinity of “real men”? Or… maybe dicks are just funny?

My work also looks towards my inner psyche, my experience with bipolar disorder, and how the unstable nature of my mental state leads to instability in my personal, social, and sexual life. I’ve adopted a cartoonish, over-sexed, and pop-cultural representation of the devil as a sort of alter-ego and physical manifestation of my neurosis. I intentionally make these ‘devil’ characters flamboyant and crude, partially as a reflection of my own personality, but also because I believe that humor is an incredibly useful tool when talking about subjects such as sex, trauma, and mental illness.

Utilizing various metalworking techniques, enameling, and fiber manipulation, I create wearables and objects which explore the thin line between desire and madness. With the right handling of material, metal can become soft and sensual, and fiber can become rigid and hard. Considering the flexible nature of these materials, I relate them to the queer body and play with their properties like one plays with gender.