2023

My intention is to create pots that combine my love of texture, mathematics, architecture, and ceramics history. I love playing with the natural forces that occur in atmospheric high firing.

This was a gift from the kiln goddess on the eve of my birthday this year. It spoke to me of the the evening sky with the waves and movements of the planets.

This vase was hand built from a slab with the addition of a thick slip applied to the bottom in a fashion to create a highly textured surface. A heavy iron oxide wash was applied to highlight the texture and provide depth. Glaze was applied to the rest of the surface with a brush to accentuate the movement and shape.

My thoughts revolved around a personal and collective feeling of grief, coupled with the strong impulse to protect what is valuable. What surprised me is this sassy character that emerged, a force to be reckoned with, taking control of the situation.

This piece emerged from the question: "How do we carry a loved one with us when they are gone?". I like the idea that perhaps we take on some of their finest attributes.

Working with clay is a lot like a stream of consciousness writing. I am in the moment with the thoughts and emotions as they are given shape. I am constantly trying to capture an emotion or a moment, to find a way to reflect on the process of living.

Rustling leaves whisper in my ear. Tangles of twigs touch my skin. I step further into the landscape. My hand opens and I watch as charred remains fly and twist in the wind; ashy remnants of past memories catch upon fluttering wings. Reappearing shadows elude me, hauntingly beautiful in their impermanence.

Rustling leaves whisper in my ear. Tangles of twigs touch my skin.I step further into the landscape. My hand opens and I watch as charred remains fly and twist in the wind; ashy remnants of past memories catch upon fluttering wings. Reappearing shadows elude me, hauntingly beautiful in their impermanence.

Topsy Turvy Poodle speaks to the upended state of the world. It ponders the effects of man on the environment, our intervention with animal life (breeding), and investigates our relationship to the natural world.

The Kiss is the first in a series exploring interactions and emotions between two people in a relationship. Each vase depicts a head. The heads fit together like a puzzle - one head literally holding up the other. Each head can also sit in a different orientation, creating a new interaction or interpretation as well as offering the possibility of functioning as a flower vase.The series also experiments with flattening volumes and depicting the face more as an assemblage of reliefs versus fully rendered forms.