Artist Statement

My pottery is handbuilt, pinching up each layer of rolled coil to build form. Pinching is a slow, rhythmic process that allows time to envision a piece while working. I enjoy the directness of touch with pinching, and the quality of light on the dimpled surface. I approach the surface of a pot as a painter, brushing colored slips over the raw terracotta surface, then layering multiple glazes after bisquing. My hope is that each pot reflects the exuberance of making.

Biography

I am a studio potter, recently moved from western North Carolina to the middle of the state of Vermont. Recent and upcoming exhibition sites include Blue Spiral Gallery (NC), Penland Gallery (NC), Santa Fe Clay (NM), Baltimore Clayworks (MD), James Patrick Gallery (ME), and Dow Studio (ME). Publications include "500 Bowls", "Handbuilt Tableware" and "The Best of Pottery". I have taught workshops at Penland School of Crafts, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Odyssey Center for the Ceramic Arts, and have been a visiting artist at numerous colleges and universities throughout the country. I formerly served as Director of Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts in Maine.