Process

Multi-chamber

2012

Stoneware, cone 6 oxidation, glaze, underglaze, slip, beads

11.5"w x 9.25"h x 7.25"d

I don't make my work with a goal in mind. I don't pick an emotion or a point of view or any kind of message. I start with a feeling in my hands. A feeling of volume. I try to encompass that invisible volume. Maybe it's with coils, so that's a slow process and the shape in my mind, under my fingers, the volume shifts and changes and I imperceptibly change the direction of the coils. Or perhaps I close up a slab over a form and seal it. Or I throw an open volume and then collar in and seal up the void. Once I enclose the volume, I step back and start pushing it around until the foundation of the shape stops me and I start to see concrete shapes and textures.

Multi-chamber

2012

As I add details, the form takes on personality and purpose. Working more closely, additional shapes, textures and dimensions beg to be added, subtracted, carved and smoothed out. I go meta. I back up and look again. What did I just make? How did this happen? Where did this come from?

Multi-chamber

2012

I don't plan on creating shapes reminiscent of body parts; it's really what others bring to my work when they look at it. It's not what goes through my head until I get to near the end of the piece and I re-examine what my hands have produced. The pieces tell me multiple stories about my inner self and my observations of the world around me. It's what keeps things exciting for me.

Mother as Host

2012

Stoneware, cone 6 oxidation, glaze, underglaze, slip, wool

8"w x 14.5"h x 7.5"d

Mother as Host

2012

Mother as Host

2012

Mother as Host

2012