I'm a multi-disciplinary craftsperson and farmer. My "work" is first and foremost a spiritual practice. I am called by the trees in these apocalyptic days, to bring forth collective remembering of a time when humans lived with the forest. A time before my European ancestors had cut down our own forests and proceeded to exploit another continent. By creating objects of useful beauty from forgotten trees, I bring the forest into the home. It's impossible not to feel connected to something older and larger than oneself when you eat lovingly prepared food with a handcarved spoon. I call my work storm riven because the wood I carve is almost always from trees which have fallen in literal or metaphorical storms. Each piece is a conversation. Rot and knots become not faults but simply boundaries to be respected. Marks that tell the story of how a being lived and died, like scars on our flesh.

We live in a moment of crisis where we have the choice to rise together or not. I know in my deepest being that the only way this earth remains habitable for human beings is if we return to lifeways that hold the land, the forests and the lives of all our kin human and otherwise as sacred. The soil under our feet is the only carbon sink we have direct and immediate influence over through building diverse, resilient food systems. My personal landcare practice centers relationships with trees through food and coppice forest systems. I am currently studying for my arborist certification to be able to offer tree care as a community service. As a fiber artist, I am interested in community scale cultivation and processing of fiber crops including flax and hemp.