Let me start off by saying I LOVE working with clay! I love the feel of it organic feel of it in my hands and how it responds to the pressure of my finger tips and body. I love the way I can mold a lump of earth into something formed from the images born from ideas in my head into something that will bring joy to others and that could become a part of their home and lives. It’s intoxicating  to dream in clay! To think this fantastically varied medium comes to us from the earth itself, a gift if you will. What used to be a piece of ancient rock that has weathered over time, broken down, to crea ..read more

One thing about working in clay is its ever changing. Even though I continue to work with my first love, stoneware, what I create has evolved over the years and is pleasing to the soul! I have created using several different looking stonewares to include whites, buffs, black and chocolate plus a speckled buff. All were pleasing in their own right and though the black and chocolate were one of my favorites since they easily satisfied my craving for contrast it was just too too messy for me. I still year to work with it and use it for my slip trailing designs at this time and always determine at ..read more

  Inspiration is found all around us and different people are inspired in different ways by different things. My inspiration comes from what stirs my soul! Visually I love, and am drawn to, flowing curving shapes and lines. The fluidness of them feels in tune with my being and just feels good. I’ve always been drawn to these things in music or forms and even light shows. Light shows, or lazer shows, were always fascinating to me growing up because of how the light bends and flows…. Mesmerizing. I also strive to be naturally open to inspiration around me in that I don’t seek  to intentionally s ..read more