My pottery explores imagined space, scale and the poetic properties of the ceramic medium. 


I believe most good pots, whether functional or not, conjure associations beyond practical use. The forms I make reference utility and stir emotions; their familiarity creates an invitation to explore further. 

My thrown pots are built on basic geometries: cylinders or cones varying in proportions with suggestions of volume. Working from this foundation, I add layers of texture and dimensional lines which will respond to and emphasize the unique qualities that emerge as I finish each piece. 


My process is a series of considered alterations: a push into the inside or outside of the wall, expanding the texture from behind, creating curves and swells in the form.


This way of working naturally creates suggestions of terrain, body and flora, parched earth, a body in motion, or the imminent decay of something overripe. To further emphasize these qualities, I fire the work under fluid, translucent glazes, which preserves “moments” in the fired clay. 

My pleasure in making these pieces is being lost in their surfaces and imagining myself in their landscape; a journey in which references become allusions. Ultimately, I'm most satisfied by the phenomenon that occurs when I push against a thrown and textured form to reveal something unique to the properties of clay.

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