Creating in clay fuses my love of playing in the dirt, gardening, growing my food, and cooking. The work I make is formed primarily on the pottery wheel. I use very little glaze or slip as I rely on the method of salt glazing, wherein the final glazing is part of the firing process.

I strive to bring to the items used in everyday life a connection between the artistic and functional. Salt glazing completes this expression covering the pots with a thin durable glaze, allowing form to be the emphasis, revealing rather than covering the natural texture and body of the clay.

Open Studio at 2394 BigRanch Rd. Napa, CA, June 7 & 8 and 14& 15

Palo Alto Clay & Glass Festival,Palo Alto Cultural Center July 12 & 13

Arts Council of Napa Valley Open Studio Tour, Sept. 20,21 and 27,28, 2008 Valley Wide Artist Open Studios

Holiday Open Studio at 2394 Big Ranch Rd. Dec. 6&7 and 13&14, 2008