“As a signifier, the clitoris expresses a right to human thriving and those pursuits beyond mere survival: the arts, intellect, and pleasure.”

For this series of sculptures, I worked with the elemental medium of clay in order to communicate a fundamental truth of nature.  

All female born humans and mammals have a clitoris. It is the only organ that exists solely for pleasure. By the logic of nature, pleasure is the clitoris' function and evolutionarily mandate.  As a signifier, the clitoris expresses a right to human thriving and those pursuits beyond mere survival: the arts, intellect, and pleasure. As a symbol, the clitoris upholds the dignity of those whose gender and sexuality has been weaponized against them, particularly women and queers.

If the phallic can function symbolically, so can the clitoris. As a signifier, the clitoris expresses a right to human thriving and those pursuits beyond mere survival: the arts, intellect, and pleasure. As a symbol, the clitoris upholds the dignity of those whose gender and sexuality has been weaponized against them, particularly women and queers.