I started my journey with ceramics in the fall of 2022 and fell in love with the idea of implementing simple mechanisms in clay. An idea that seems ridiculous for the medium of ceramics. The clay shrinks as it dries, its a brittle medium, and glaze threatens to fuse the parts together. Nevertheless, I found myself diving headfirst in the wonderful and frustrating world of moving parts in ceramics.

I use a combination of hand-building and wheel throwing techniques for most of my projects. 

I started to experiment with mechanisms in ceramics after my robot 1.0 project. I had found that in order to realize my artistic vision for that project I would have to break apart my sculpture into pieces and reassemble it after firing. I implemented a static system to latch the two piece together without using non-traditional finishes like glue. After a moderately successful implementation I started to think bigger, what if I could make a robot that could fully articulate? I procured a prototype neck and simple mechanisms that would facilitate three dimensional translations.