I am a Chicago based printmaker, costume designer, puppet artist and full-time MFA student at Northwestern University studying costume design.

To create my prints, I hand carve my original art into a linoleum tile using fine woodcarving tools, ink the carved tile, and press the paper into it by hand using a spoon. When I remove the paper from the block the reverse print of the linoleum tile is revealed. This means each one of my prints is made by hand and slightly different.

Inspiration for my art is drawn from folklore, mythology, mysterious and beautiful quirks of nature, and the perspectives and understanding of the world I held as a child. I am fascinated by the idolization and demonization of historical figures and characters in our common lore and like to explore memory in my work. In many ways, the work I create functions as something that honors, explores, and meditates on its subject.

Thanks for taking a second to read about what inspires my work!