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.

My work was selected in the May issue of Ceramics Monthly Emerging Artists 2010.

Tuesday, June 29 through Saturday, August 21, 2010:

Innovations in Contemporary Crafts — Richmond Art Center

Reception Saturday, July 24, 3-5 pm: 2540 Barrett Avenue, Richmond, CA 

Saturday, November 6, 2010 through Friday, January 7, 2011:

National Ceramics Invitational Exhibition — Weatherhead Gallery, University of St. Francis, Fort Wayne, Indiana

Saturday, December 18, 2010 through Sunday, March 13, 2011:

ACGA@MAH — Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History

MAH member's reception Saturday, January 8, 5-7 pm: 705 Front Street , Santa Cruz, CA

Ongoing: I have some pieces on sale at the

San Francisco Craft+Design Museum store.

550 Sutter Street (between Powell and Mason), San Francisco, CA