Working in clay is a celebration of the natural elements: earth, water, and fire. I am entranced by the revelatory process of making stone from damp earth -- the tactile experience of working the medium as it undergoes this magical transformation. I feel a tangible thread connecting me to twenty thousand years of ceramists who came before.

My work is an exploration in handbuilt asymmetric organic shapes, using the enclosed vessel as the basic form. The material is (low-fired) stone-burnished porcelain or stoneware clay, unglazed, with surface markings created by carbon and water-soluble metal salts which permeate the clay body. These rounded shapes are meant to be held, and when set on a flat surface, come to rest at their own natural balance point.

I am deeply inspired by the geometries of nature: waterworn stones, shells, seedpods, bird eggs, expansive desert landscapes, and the celestial sphere on a moonless night.