My current work is made from white earthenware. 

Slip-casting is the first technique I use. Basic forms are cast, often altered, 

then put together, and altered again. 



I often use sewing techniques, such as taking darts and tucks, and clipping curved 

seams, to create contours. It is as I manipulate the cool, smooth clay that I begin 

to experience texture, and to contemplate the interplay between differing textures.

  

Texture is further addressed in the surface information, as I present 

the rough clay body, clothed only in color, alongside a shiny, complex glazed pattern, 

draping a winged appendage. 



The viewer is invited into a physical relationship with 

the work, whose velvety raiments bely its actual composition. The textural experience 

is enhanced by the sensation of touch.



Of great interest to me are my fetish forms and carvings. They are 

deeply personal, referring to the life-giving forces at work outside my window and 

inside my body, offerings to the nature spirits. 



Presented alone and in conjunction with other pieces, they reflect the gift of clay, 

the lingering touch.

  

The clay vessel itself has such history, moving, with mankind, 

onward from the nomadic life to food-storing and community-building; then making 

the leap to pure personal expression.



My work is a celebration of my dwindling - but still-existing ability to 

concentrate! It is presented in honor of the moment. It is made in honor of living.













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