My sculptural practice involves the human figure and complicated nature of viewing the human form. Using my hands, I construct the figure, building and shaping curves, folds, muscles, limbs, and facial expressions, sometimes emphasizing the vulnerability that comes with being an object that does not hold a consciousness but is still a body we can rationalize as resembling our own bodies. Through clay these forms come to life, identifiable and immovable, shameless. The sculptures do not tell the viewer to look away but perhaps invite the viewer to look closer, asking one to determine what makes something human and encourages the viewer to confront our understanding of humanity in the vessels we inhabit.