The Clay Process
Beginning with sketchbook designs, my ideas are developed long before the clay is brought to the wedging table (a slab of plaster used to "knead" the clay to make it ready to throw). By using various methods including a kick wheel, manually powered by my leg, to create my whimsical work, each becomes unique. Designs may be lightly sketched on the clay and carved with pointed tools. Shells or hand carved stamps are often pressed into the clay to create dramatic impressions that allows pooling of the glaze.

All of my lead-free glazes are mixed from scratch. Various ingredients: silica, feldspar, limestone and a colorant such as iron oxide are combined with water to create the glaze that will produce the muted colors and glossy surfaces.

My work is dishwasher safe and very indestructible unless it is dropped.

A Little About Me

With a degree in Business Administration (Art/Graphic Design minor) I started my career as a computer professional. Many years later, I decided to go back to college to diversify my art training from painting to studio production pottery. At the Visual Arts Center in Portsmouth, VA, my focus was on high fired porcelain.

After successfully completing the challenging curriculum, I traded my managerial job in the corporate world for a custom built riverfront studio and started my own business. A few years later, I was invited to become a member of Blue Skies Gallery in Hampton, VA. Soon after I purchased a share in the gallery and become one of the owners until the fall of 2011.