This series is rooted in personal history—an exploration of the origins of my aesthetic sensibilities. In reflecting on my development as an artist, I found myself returning to childhood memories to understand when, where, and how my visual language began to form. That journey led me to examine my familial context: a working-class upbringing in which labor and practicality were central values. Within that framework, the decorative was often expressed through the handmade, the kitsch, and the mass-produced.
A vivid memory from that time involves the "home interior design parties" my mother would host or attend—social gatherings centered around purchasing inexpensive decorative objects, sold by a company called Home Interior Gifts (also known as Homeco or Syroco), founded by Mary Crowley in 1957. These objects were economically accessible and designed for a broad appeal. I came to realize that I was attracted to those that were distillations or echoes of Art Nouveau and Art Deco design.
I started collecting these objects from family and thrift stores allowing me to replicate components and incorporate them into new compositions that bridge my early visual world with my academic training. The resulting works are sophisticated yet deeply personal—merging memory with craft, the sentimental with the formal.
In a sense, these objects bring things full circle. Like their predecessors, they remain decorative and contemplative, but they now operate with intention—embodying a reconciliation between origin and evolution, between inherited visual culture and the refined language of contemporary art.
A vivid memory from that time involves the "home interior design parties" my mother would host or attend—social gatherings centered around purchasing inexpensive decorative objects, sold by a company called Home Interior Gifts (also known as Homeco or Syroco), founded by Mary Crowley in 1957. These objects were economically accessible and designed for a broad appeal. I came to realize that I was attracted to those that were distillations or echoes of Art Nouveau and Art Deco design.
I started collecting these objects from family and thrift stores allowing me to replicate components and incorporate them into new compositions that bridge my early visual world with my academic training. The resulting works are sophisticated yet deeply personal—merging memory with craft, the sentimental with the formal.
In a sense, these objects bring things full circle. Like their predecessors, they remain decorative and contemplative, but they now operate with intention—embodying a reconciliation between origin and evolution, between inherited visual culture and the refined language of contemporary art.
Opal Deco
19” X 13” X 2.75” (48.3 X 33 X 7 cm)
mold melted cut and polished opaline glass
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19” X 13” X 2.75” (48.3 X 33 X 7 cm)
mold melted cut and polished opaline glass
Purchase work here
Yellow Deco
21 X 12 X 2.5 inches (53.3 X 30.5 X 6.4 cm)
Mold melted cut and polished glass
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21 X 12 X 2.5 inches (53.3 X 30.5 X 6.4 cm)
Mold melted cut and polished glass
Purchase work here
Ornamental Ascent - Synthesis in Ruby
22 x 12 x 3 inches
Mold melted, cut and polished glass
Purchase work here
22 x 12 x 3 inches
Mold melted, cut and polished glass
Purchase work here
Ornamental Ascent - Synthesis in Ruby
22 x 12 x 3 inches
Mold melted, cut and polished glass
Purchase work here
22 x 12 x 3 inches
Mold melted, cut and polished glass
Purchase work here