"Wood Nymph" teapot; thrown and textured;
Leslie's Serpentine glaze.
I do a wide range of functional stoneware pottery. I like things to be useful as well as beautiful, and to feel nice in the hand and do their job well when used. I enjoy experimenting with different forms and shapes. I have a great affinity to nature and like my pots to look “natural.” Some pots I paint with nature-inspired patterns. Sometimes I will impress leaves or seaweed into my pots. Some shapes are inspired by nature: bamboo, a squash, a flower, a fat belly. Sometimes I will cut the rim of a bowl to look like ocean waves. I will often leave the throwing rings on a pot, sometimes exaggerating them. Sometimes I will stretch or alter a pot slightly while it is still wet–trying to catch fluidity in stone. I often make the rims of my cups uneven, for a more fluid look. When I sit down at the wheel, I will generally throw a series of pots that are alike or are variations on a form, as through repetition a more natural look is obtained. I do not generally throw off the hump but throw with individual lumps of clay.
Nearly all of my pots are high-fired stoneware, fired to cone ten. Most of my work is fired in a gas kiln in a reducing atmosphere. I occasionally do salt firing and wood firing. I also occasionally do raku firing and pit firing.
Nearly all of my pots are high-fired stoneware, fired to cone ten. Most of my work is fired in a gas kiln in a reducing atmosphere. I occasionally do salt firing and wood firing. I also occasionally do raku firing and pit firing.
