As a ceramic artist, I work with the form of the shoe. An object deeply entwined with femininity, power, and performance to confront and reimagine the ways women’s bodies and identities are shaped by societal expectations. My work challenges misogyny and objectification, but also embraces the complex, layered joy of being a woman in today’s world.

Much of my perspective has been shaped by my career in a male-dominated environment. Navigating those spaces, I became hyper-aware of how femininity is perceived, contained, or dismissed often reduced to appearance, novelty, or threat. These experiences have fuelled my desire to question power structures through clay, a material that, like many women, is often underestimated for its strength and endurance.

In my ceramic shoes, I exaggerate proportions, rupture surfaces, and create forms that are both alluring and unsettling. These are shoes no one could wear comfortably, deliberately so. They speak to the burdens and contradictions placed on women: to be desirable but not assertive, graceful yet unyielding, visible but silent. The ceramic medium with its fragile appearance and fired durability captures that tension perfectly.

At the same time, my work is grounded in play, curiosity, and a deep appreciation for the absurdities of gender performance. I find joy in being a woman in this complex, contradictory society especially when I can bend, break, and reshape the narratives that have long defined us. Humour, defiance, and beauty live side-by-side in my sculptures.

These ceramic shoes are not accessories; they are acts of resistance, celebration, and reflection. They are reminders that femininity is not a weakness to be corrected but a force to be reckoned with, powerful, complicated, and worth honouring.