Totems and Assemblage
This series moves into three dimensions: totemic figures and assembled bodies built from repeated faces and fragments. By stacking, stitching, and glazing these elements I turn portraiture into objecthood, making vessels that hold memory, identity, and communal histories. The works alternate between protection and exposure, asking how identity is carried and remade.
The Face Bearer, 2025, glazed stoneware, underglaze, and overglaze, 21.5” x 10.25” x 7”
Are We There Yet?, 2025, glazed stoneware, underglaze, and overglaze, 12” x 7.5”
The Tenants, 2025, glazed stoneware, underglaze, and overglaze, 13.5” x 7” x 3.5”
Untitled, 2022, Oil, paper-mâché, pumice gel, and candies on Hanji, mounted on wood, 60” x 108”
Nine Faces, 2022, paper-mâché, acrylic, and oil on canvas, 60” x 72”
Haunting, 2019, oil on paper-mâché, 75” x 25” x 22”