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“Before the tool that forces energy outward, we made the tool that brings energy home”

- Ursula K Le Guin, The Carrier Bag Theory of Fiction

 

Viola Vessels is my capsule for my ceramics practice and cocoons of connection - facilitating space for people to come together and reconnect with the earth, the cosmos, and community.

 

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Ceramics is an anchor in my art practice, a dance between the hands and the four elements.

 

Each vessel carries traces of the hand and the earth, encouraging moments of pause, ritual, and re-enchantment in daily life.

 

 

Influenced by the Carrier Bag Theory of Fiction I understand the vessel as that which holds: a container not only for food, flowers, or flame, but also for story, memory, energy.

 

Through Viola Vessels, I seek to re-enchant the home as a site of care, wonder, and earth magic, and hold space for this energy in communal gatherings.

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workshops and gatherings

My creative practice extends into shared spaces for gathering, connection, and collective care. Through workshops, reading groups, and events, I invite participants to explore, create, and reflect together...

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