I make useful pots (tableware, storage jars and vases) as well as evocative vessels and forms in high- fire stoneware and porcelain. I built my gas-fired kiln and make my own glazes from fundamental earth materials and wood ash. I also fire with other potters in wood, salt, or soda atmospheres.

For me, making pots is an exploration of our relationship with physical objects that are  experienced daily through sight, touch, emotion. It's about grounding the spark of creative intention in partnership with the elements of earth, water, fire and air. The simplicity and beauty of classic forms pulled from the earth and marked by the symbols and textures of the hand expresses spirit in a language as ancient as the first pots.

I have always been interested in artifacts, in ancient historical records, symbols on bowls, marks on tablets, the very earliest impulses to put our 'prints on the sands of time,' to decorate the implements of necessity, and thereby to create magic in their use. Placing marks on a surface feels like a profound act of humanity. Making a container to hold and store seems a visionary statement of our place in the environment. My pots are usually begun on the wheel. The round pots are then altered and/or carved. Contrasting slips are often applied, and these surfaces are then drawn on, carved or otherwise manipulated. The pots are then usually bisque-fired, and partially or fully glazed with wood-ash or traditional shino- and celadon-type glazes.

I enjoy the interplay of glazed and raw clay, and the subtle changes in light reflectivity and color variation that come from the sliding and pooling of ash glazes and atmospheric traces over manipulated surfaces.

To me, the sheer joy of making and unmaking, of experimenting and refining—and then, committing a piece to the mystery of the fire—is a consuming passion. The fact that beautiful and useful objects result from this process is an amazing gift. It is my hope that the vessels I make will bring healing energy and joy to those who choose to live with them.

The pots are fired to cone 10 (2350 °F). Unless specially noted, you can assume that they are vitreous, food-safe, oven-safe and dishwasher-safe. Treat them well, and do not shock or drop them, and they should give many years of pleasurable service.

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