For people who value human presence, touch, and connection

You can turn a pet photo into an AI-generated character in seconds.
It’s fast, impressive, and widely accessible.

So why do I spend days making one by hand?

I work this way because human presence matters. When I make a piece, I don’t simply execute an idea. I make decisions, hesitate, wonder, feel excited, get disappointed, and lose momentum at times, then adjust and readjust. I stay with the work as it slowly takes form. That presence doesn’t disappear when the piece is finished. It remains embedded in the object.

Fiber asks to be touched. It has weight, resistance, and texture that can’t be fully translated into an image. Needle felting is built through repeated contact between hand and material. Wool compresses, shifts, and holds the memory of those movements. What you see is the result of physical time spent, not an instant outcome.

Because of this, the work creates connection.
Connection to the animal being represented, through careful looking and quiet observation.
Connection to the maker, through visible traces of handwork.
Connection to the person who lives with the piece, as it occupies space and becomes part of daily life.

I make these pieces for people who value human presence, touch, and the kind of connection that forms slowly, through attention and care.