Kurinuki cups
$60
3 x 4 x 4
Stoneware, hand carved, soda-fired kiln.
These kurinuki are made out of a clay body that I mixed up and tested in an effort to find a new clay body that would be responsive to soda firings. I was pleased with the results!
Firebox plate
$200
4 x 12 x 3
Plate was glazed with crackle slip, oribe glaze, copper red and ash celadon glaze, then placed deep in the firebox of a Bourry Box wood kiln, ultimately in several of the coalbeds below the hobs. Fired there for 24 hours.
Putting this plate into the firebox of a wood kiln, where it would be buried in hot coals for 24 hours, guaranteed unpredictable results. The fractured, nearly destroyed plate tells the story of the firing.
Circle Series – Red & Black Metallic
$2000
10 x 16 x 16
Handbuilt & wheelthrown stoneware, wax resist design, reduction kiln c/10.
I have always been drawn to the geometry of circles. Many of my designs incorporate circles into my work. This is something that I have been having a lot of fun with, experimenting with different glaze combinations. It also folds my creative path back onto the wax-resist method I had originally used on silk (kimono) in Japan and now use to create designs on clay.
Crawl
$575
13 x 20 x 13
Stoneware figurative sculpture, hollowed & reassembled, oxidation kiln c/04, painted surface.
Progress is still progress. I am interested in the transient internal experiences that are deeply embedded in the memory of an individual, without the limits of bodily endurance or the longevity of external blemishes or scars.
Untitled
$1200
18 x 22 x 2
Stoneware slab tiles on plywood backing, raku fired with 'Naked Raku' technique.
The tiles are cut from one slab of clay and smoked in different cans to provide a variety of tonal surfaces.
What Remains
$550
6 x 6 x 6
Stoneware sculpture, c/6, matte charcoal glaze.
What Remains is a series of ceramic sculptures reflecting and referencing the experience of loss. The concept gained more relevance during last year's lockdown. The isolation and loss created by the pandemic was profound for me personally. The experience let me produce a sculptural series based on What Remains.
Busy Being Born
$350
2 x 13 x 13
High-fired, wheelthrown porcelain which has cobalt blue & black stain within the clay body, hand carving, fired to c/ 9 in oxidation kiln.
This piece spoke to me of birth and renewal. I especially enjoyed the center darkness working towards the light.
Flock
$3000
11 x 11 x 11
Terracotta, handbuilt, oxidation c/04.
There seems to be a natural tendency to come together.
Dream Team
$2200
14 x 12 x 8
Terracotta, handbuilt, oxidation kiln c/04, underglaze, majolica glaze.
Wherever you go, I go.
REALITY! Season One
$500
8 x 54 x 8
A single banner headline from each day’s New York Times – beginning January 20, 2017 and ending on January 19, 2018 – is emblazoned onto an individual coffee mug. With each passing month, mugs diminish in size. Porcelain Slip-cast, oxidation kiln c/6, ceramic decals.
REALITY! Season One reflects on the material properties of clay, dramatic shrinkage in particular. Imagine creating a mold from a very large handmade coffee mug, then firing the resulting casted object, with about 15% shrinkage after firing. Next, make a mold of the new (smaller) object, fire the casting and, again, the object shrinks approximately 15% ... repeat this process a dozen times and you have a series of mugs that progressively decreases in size -- from the comically monstrous original to the innocuous, tiny, final form.
The State of Clay
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