Online Classes

Join me online for technique-based, two-hour classes.

In-Person Classes

Workshops near and far. Get your hands messy!

Favorite Tools

Links to my favorite resources

Publications

Recipes

Technique Handouts

 
 
“A fabulous book, well-written with lots of photos and instructions that can be used by both learners and experienced potters. The instructions start with a basic shape and technique and show how, with inspiration, this shape can become something both unique and pleasing to use.
Using traditional techniques such as slab, turned, coiled, mold, and templates, wonderful forms can be achieved, starting from simple objects to more challenging items. There are guest artists whose work is featured, which is very interesting in its diversity! ”
— Leyla Johnson
 

I few of my inspirations

As a studio artist, my goal is to make fabulous tableware that infuses life with purposeful beauty.  As an active community member and instructor, I use my unique skill set as an artist and small business owner, to offer educational opportunities. Through clay, I create pathways to cross-pollinate communities.

In order to make pottery, I must approach the clay with openness and practiced skill, with a clear idea and playful intuition.  My studio practice is a constant cycle referring to itself in the way I draw from studio processes and from my approach to problem solving.  I also look farther afield, drinking in the many details of the world around me. I am a sponge for nuances of color placement in birds and how shadows break up forms and cause me to notice them anew. I am always seeking and asking myself, “How does this cup feel when held? Where will this pitcher live?  What am I communicating with this line or volume?” 

As I spend hours in my studio working away, my mind blends and refracts the interests I research and the circling, recurring questions.  I love the stillness and intensity of my studio practice in which I am free to listen, to move clay, to invent…

My studio practice feeds me.  I am fulfilled by building my community through teaching workshops, trading eggs with neighbors, and spending time with friends and family. I am busy like a bee tending to the details of life, keeping up with my many hobbies, keeping my studio practice vibrant, promoting my career, mentoring in the studio, gardening, and occasionally tinking away on my banjo. This constant motion feeds my energy and excitement for life, which I strive to capture in the forms and surfaces of my pottery. 

To each side are images of inspirations and the form or surface it was drawn into.