Scent Sculptures 2026

My artistic discipline is rooted in porcelain clay sculpture, guided by a deeply sensory approach to making. I work primarily with porcelain for its delicacy, strength, and luminous, skin-like surface. Through it, I explore how sculpture can be experienced not only visually, but through the full body.

My practice is inspired by the senses, touch, scent, sight, and the subtle emotional responses they awaken. I integrate sensual materials into my porcelain works to expand the encounter beyond observation. Silk is often combined with the ceramic surface to introduce a sensual softness both visually and tactilely; perfume oils, which I personally distill from flowers grown in my garden, are infused into the sculptures to create an intimate olfactory dimension. These elements invite viewers to move closer, to become present and to feel,  transforming the sculpture into a lived, embodied experience.

During a recent stay in Florence Italy, I completed a perfume making workshop which inspired a new series of scent sculptures upon returning to Vancouver.

In this series, each piece begins with cultivation. The process starts with a seed planted in my garden, where I grow and harvest the flowers that later become the fragrance within the work. The cycle continues in my studio, where porcelain is shaped, fired, and united with scent and textile in a sculptural vessel form to contain the scent. From soil to bloom to perfume to clay, the sculpture carries a complete sensory journey.

Through this interdisciplinary yet materially grounded practice, I create porcelain sculptures that celebrate our senses, works that ask to be seen, touched, and inhaled, and that reconnect the body to the poetic intimacy of them selves and the sculpture.

This is a scent sculpture holding perfume oil inside to fully engage with become closer and engage with when interacting with it.

As an artist, my priority is to create sculptures that do not simply occupy space, but activate it sensorially. I believe that when we truly experience our senses, we become more embodied and more present in our lives. Through my sculptures, I aim to offer an encounter that gently interrupts distraction and invites viewers into a heightened awareness of touch, scent, and breath. By engaging with the work through multiple senses, the viewer is encouraged to interact not only with the sculpture, but with themselves, grounded in the present moment.

Over the next two years, I am focused on deepening this ongoing scent sculpture series into a cohesive body of work. My research centers on how aroma can inform sculptural form, and how material and fragrance can operate as a unified sensory language.