My work has evolved into a series of ceramic sculptures. Encased within are steel rod skeletons with yarn materials for structure. Working with steel and yarn gives me the strong yet flexible structure to form and apply the paper clay onto. Putting the work into the kiln to go through the ceramic process transforms the work. The clay is now stronger than steel, yet the steel is softer and continues to give it support. I am fascinated with this process and what it does to the relationship between the materials of clay and steel. I believe that this process relates philosophically to the idea of dualism. The push-pull effects of organic vs. mechanical, nature vs. man-made is the springboard for my ideas to make art. Although I am trained in traditional pottery skills, my current work is an original and experimental contribution to ceramic art that deals with the investigation of dualism. Much like the Titanic sitting at the bottom of the ocean transforming into a quasi organic/man-made object, these ceramic pieces evoke a sense of a natural shell fusing with a synthetic idea. Or maybe it is the other way around?