Work from a two year project combining screen printing and ceramic tile to create site specific work that responds to the environment/geology/ecology of Portugal.

For two summers as an Artist in Residence at Aviário Studio in Ferreira do Zêzere, Portugal, I focused on researching and experimenting with screen printing on ceramic tiles. Over the course of my first residency, I developed techniques that resulted in a 100-meter-long permanent installation along the exterior wall of the studio. Using more than 500 hand-printed tiles, I created a series of pieces that explore various tones, patterns, and geometric designs. During the second summer I expanded the work into hand formed and distorted tiles that break into the third dimension. I also developed a public art piece that was installed on a remote hillside alongside the Zêzere river.