Julia’s work is driven by a continuous exploration of materials and techniques from diverse disciplines. The tables in her studio are piled with small experiments in form and surface which she arranges and re-arranges – finding tensions, creating compositions, moving ideas forward and developing the strongest impulses into finished work. She freely combines everything that interests her; mixing hot and cold connections, carving and fabricating, wood and gold, traditional enamel and industrial paint. Her work reflects a fascination with the boundary between the human-built and natural worlds, the beauty of accidental collaborations between them, and our often funny ideas about what we can and can’t control.

Julia’s studio is currently a part of the Heath Collective and occupies a unique industrial space in San Francisco’s Mission District.