The breadth of exquisite geometry, beauty and logic found in Islamic cultures is incredible for a crafts person working in the decorative arts. My fascination with ornament brought me here, as dividing space through transcendent geometry creates objects for ornamentation, such as tile, architecture, or a vessel.

This synthesis of a façade of decoration and structural form mirrors the duality of Islamic patterns representing tangible complexity and unknowable beauty. As I reference these undeniable examples of craft mastery, my intention is not the recreation of a pattern or aesthetic, but finding a visual eutectic between pattern and structure.

The garden brings nature’s embellishments into a controlled space in which it can flourish and test its boundaries. Beginning with geometrical constraints and using construction techniques from computer aided design results in uniquely self-referential, yet contemporary arabesque forms, capturing movement, botanic growth, and rhythm.