Artist Statement

My mind is focused on the quiet and calm in my current work. I am looking at carved and turned ivory vessels from seventeenth century Germany. My work is a reflection of the intricate details and precarious nature of these modest ivory containers. The smooth porcelain elements in my pieces are meant to contain a stillness and silence in their simplicity. I embrace the textures generated by the accumulation of ash on the soft wood fired forms as fully as I embrace the subtleties of the colorful, satiny surfaces of the terra sigillata.