Combining research and a process driven practice, Emma uses organic mediums like clay, wool, and paper to make sculpture and installation work. The tactile nature of these chosen mediums is an important link to their areas of focus: geographic identity, land use and access, impacts of the climate crisis, and sensory memory, all with a strong agricultural through-line. Equally important to the work is physical engagement with the viewer through touch, sound, smell, and taste.

Recent works have highlighted disparities in land and water access for agricultural practices (Winnowing,) the intertwined nature of personal and collective identity in fostered communities (Community Identity,) cultural appropriation of art and ideas through ancestral relationships (The Work of My People,) the overlap between community isolation and food scarcity (Social Distance Victory Garden,) social pressures on the agricultural market (Nuts About Milk,) and the sensory relationship of memory to cultural identity (Grounding Place.)