hey, I’m Morgan

I never planned on making art for eyes that aren’t mine. I actually thought I’d be a lawyer (ha). In fact, it was just days before taking the LSAT when I got a call from my dad saying my mom had been killed in a car accident. I was 22.

In the following days, months, and years, everything I ever knew about myself began to unravel, and I started processing some of life’s big questions through making things. I tell people I just kind of fell into being an artist, but looking back there were signs all along: as a kid I was always rescuing my parents' junk to make things, the art table was my favorite place both at school and at home, and even in college as a History Major, I found myself shadowing friends in their art classes and joining their late-night sessions.

My work has been described as "thoughtful and purposeful," but I also see it as playful and alive — I love color and I'm endlessly curious about the process that leads to a finished piece. Much of my practice centers around natural materials: I make inks from berries, leaves, and flowers I find around me, always willing to experiment with whatever nature offers me.

Everything I create is rooted in analog practices. Whether it's letterpress printing, natural dyeing, or working with fiber, each piece is made slowly, by hand, with intention. Nature’s light, color and aliveness deeply influence what I make. I'm drawn to the idea that we can find art everywhere if we're paying attention — in the way leaves flutter in the wind, in the colors that emerge from seemingly ordinary plants, in the quiet ritual of slow craft.

I create for the beauty seekers who understand that handmade objects carry a special essense of time, intention, and wonder.

Press & Features

My work has been featured in various galleries and museums including the Museum of Modern Art in Santa Cruz and the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco, and in publications such as the Women on the Road Podcast and KQED radio, in the UCSC alumni magazine, and in the book Stories of Life-Changing Adventures on the Road and in the Wild by She Explores.