My work is about time and change. I make time based sculpture with non-traditional materials. In my work I explore sugar and other easily changed materials as a stand in for myself as I change and explore the artistic growth process. I represent the exploration of making art through my use of material to illustrate the emotions and changes I experience throughout. It is important to me to always have a sense of experimentation when making because it has pushed me the furthest and has made me evolve and think the most as I grow and change. I use sugar as a material because it it versatile, non-traditional and multi-sensory. It is important for my viewers to interact with my art in a new way and to have a sense of wonder and play which reflects my experiences throughout my life. For my non interactive works the important aspects are subtle movements contrasting with dramatic changes. This displays all of the different phases of making ephemeral art such as the moment of waiting for a material to cure or heat, the anxiety of installation with the uncertainty of the work’s survival, and the critical moments when the work comes to a climax. The crux is often what leads to the ultimate heartbreak of the work being destroyed, in most cases by that which enables its full potential.