In lieu of a bio, here is a collection of things I’ve recently made, borrowed, heard, and seen. 










Pair of scallop-shell dishes from Count Orloff's silver service, gifted to him by Catherine the Great, Jacques-Nicolas Roettiers, 1771–73, via The Metropolitan Museum of Art.


"To think of life is to think of oysters, all year round, almost as if you could hear all those millions of them breathing when the tide is out."
Clark, Eleanor. The Oysters of Locmariaquer. Pantheon Books, 1966.




An early spring arrangement of discards.




My drawing of meconopsis.





Last summer’s cherries.





Three eggs and smoked trout out of the kitchen fridge.




A patterned moth from the internet.




Soymilk, strawberries, and bread found in Shanghai.


Irreplicable homemade ink test.




Fritillaria and black poppies from Oron Peri.




Sheryl Oppenheim’s suminagashi marbling, via the Center for Book Arts.