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Feel&Function Collection 2021 Ash Wood, Stoneware Ceramic, Canvas, Cotton and Polyester Yarn L: 42" x W: 40" x H: 60"
A light ash wood desk and stool ensemble sits on a powder blue, fabric backdrop. A model, now wearing the bright pink sweater with jeans and white sneakers, is in front of the desk, sitting on the stool with one foot planted on the ground and the other re + Enlarge
Feel&Function Collection detail 01 2021 Ash Wood, Stoneware Ceramic, Canvas, Cotton and Polyester Yarn L: 42" x W: 40" x H: 60"
A light ash wood desk and stool ensemble sits on a powder blue, fabric backdrop. The model wearing the pink sweater is sitting on the stool, now facing the desk with their back to the viewer. The ceramic mug sits to their left on the desk and the illumina + Enlarge
Feel&Function Collection detail 02 Ash Wood, Stoneware Ceramic, Canvas, Cotton and Polyester Yarn L: 42" x W: 40" x H: 60"
A light ash wood desk sits on a powder blue, fabric backdrop. The front left corner of the desk is angled towards the viewer. The desk has four straight legs with a crossbar in the lower third of both sides and an arch at the top of each side. There is a + Enlarge
Feel&Function Collection: Desk 2021 Ash Wood, Wax Polish L: 42" x W: 23.5" x H: 35"
A light ash wood desk sits on a powder blue, fabric backdrop. The desk is oriented straight on to the viewer. The desk has four straight legs with a crossbar in the lower third of both sides and an arch at the top of each side. There is a supporting cross + Enlarge
Feel&Function Collection: Desk detail 01 Ash Wood, Wax Polish L: 42" x W: 23.5" x H: 35"
A light ash wood stool sits on a powder blue, fabric background. The stool is placed on an angle, with the left leg towards the viewer. There are four, square, angled legs and support bars spanning the lower third of the front and back legs. The seat of t + Enlarge
Feel&Function Collection: Stool 2021 Ash Wood, Wax Polish L: 20" x W: 9.5" x H: 24"
The light ash wood stool sits on a powder blue, fabric backdrop. The back of the stool with the three protruding fingers is facing the viewer. A model wearing a bright pink sweater and light jeans is sitting on the stool, facing away from the viewer. Thei + Enlarge
Feel&Function Collection: Stool detail 01 Ash Wood, Wax Polish L: 20" x W: 9.5" x H: 24"
Mazenko_Sweater.jpg: A young adult model is standing in front of a powder blue, fabric backdrop wearing a bright pink sweater. The viewer only sees the model from their chin to their hips, and the model is posed with their hands on their hips. The bright + Enlarge
Feel&Function Collection: Sweater 2021 Dyed Cotton Yarn, Bulky Polyester Yarn L: 21" x W: 17"
A lamp with a square, ceramic base and a shade consisting of an ash wood frame and wrapped canvas is placed on a wooden tabletop in front of a blue fabric background. The lamp is illuminated, making the image very moody and dramatic. The shade is a rounde + Enlarge
Feel&Function Collection: Lamp 2021 Stoneware Ceramic, Ash Wood, Canvas, Light Socket Cord L: 6.25" x W: 6.25" x H: 10.75"
A white, glassy mug is placed on a wooden tabletop in front of a powder blue, fabric backdrop. The mug has a straight, cylinder form with a round, tapered base. Through the side of the mug at the base is a wiggly, three-fingered cutout. The handle has fou + Enlarge
Feel&Function Collection: Mug 2021 Stoneware Ceramic L: 5" x W: 3" x H: 4.25"
Statement

Hands are among the most important tools of our bodies. We learn to count on our fingers, to grip a pencil to write and draw, to communicate through gestures, and so many more lessons all with our hands. In my case, I learn to create form, texture, and materials with the very things that explore tactile natures. Our hands are so much like domestic objects. They function for us and show age and scars, much like our beloved mug or favorite chair shows wear and lost battles with time and use.

Hands have always been important to me, and I often use them to exhibit and inspire movement, action, and time. 2020 has been an extremely difficult year for the whole world. Among the isolation, injustices, and death, it has been hard for many of us to find comfort, in work, at home, or even with our families, because we have been forced into an environment of mistrust and longing. For me, my main consolation has been making. Using my hands to learn new skills and revisiting old ones to keep my hands and mind occupied has been imperative to maintain my comfortability. But what hindered many of my creative processes was the environment. In my childhood home, my bed became my desk and my floor my worktable, as my bedroom was the only feasible place for me to work. At my partner’s childhood home, I was constantly bumped from room to room, surface to surface, not able to occupy a space of my own because it was not my space to take. I, like most of the world right now, have had no agency in my environments, making my coping mechanisms a challenge to maintain.