as a woodworker, clara makes objects centered around tenderness and care. Her pieces find their design language within the meeting-point of conceptual significance and practical use. She is most interested in the act of continually evolving and braiding together : the craft of woodworking, the ways in which tender care can be woven through our spaces, and her personal perspective as a butch lesbian and laborer. she is passionate about making woodworking education more approachable and accessible to all communities and ages.
clara currently works as the Assistant Director of Shops (wood and fabrication) and adjunct woodworking instructor at Carnegie Mellon University's College of Fine Arts.
as a sound artist, clara is interested in intimacy and empathy-- with a love for being immersed in waves (of all kinds). her works explore connection, queer power, and decolonizing art practices.
clara has made sounds/performances using glaciers, mannequins, blindfolds, discoballs, and other odd/beautiful things-- some places she has worked/ shown work include Greenland, Brazil, across Northern/Western Europe, and in various cities throughout the US.
she has studied at Bard, Dartmouth, and Stanford