Toxic Site Glazes


2020-Ongoing

Series of photographs paired with midfire oxidation glazes developed using collected raw materials and base glaze recipes.



Do Toxic Sites Hold Memory?


This work is an ongoing series utilizing raw glaze materials gathered from superfund sites, abandoned mining sites, and other sites of extractive land use throughout the United States.

*this work is currently in progress — more info posted soon*
To date, materials have been collected from:
  • Anaconda Copper Mine, Yerington, NV
  • Bunker Hill Mine, Kellog, ID
  • Berkeley Pit, Butte, MT
  • Malakoff Diggins, Nevada County, CA
  • Lake Onondoga, Syracuse, NY
  • Walla Walla Valley Wheat Fields, WA
  • Borax Mine, Death Valley, CA
  • Salton Sea, Salton City, CA