I work with high fire clays fired in reduction. My work is thrown on a kick wheel and modified with various tools to create different textures and forms. I often incorporate natural wood and fiber.
I try to capture the beauty of the natural landscapes around Iowa and places I have traveled in the past in my paintings and I am particularly drawn to sunsets. I have tried several different styles and mediums of paint but I mainly work in acrylics. My other passion is in ceramics and although I mostly throw on the pottery wheel, I have been experimenting with handbuilt animals and structures lately. I also delve into drawing and create images of animals using ink pens and occasionally colored pencils.
Student, University of Iowa
I create original wheel thrown & hand-built ceramics that are finished with the Raku process, Horse Hair Raku or stoneware glaze firings. My stoneware works are functional while my Raku is decorative.
I create original wheel thrown & hand-built ceramics that are finished with the Raku process, Horse Hair Raku or stoneware glaze firings. My stoneware works are functional while my Raku is decorative.
I make unusual vessels with assorted found materials.
One of a kind art vessels, thrown and altered with firing techniques that include horse hair raku.
I make handmade, wheel thrown porcelain ceramics. My forms and glazes are unique and fired to cone 6. I decorate my pottery with black iron oxide decals, based on my original animal paintings.
Wheel thrown and altered functional stoneware, wares are made for home decor and kitchen use. Wares are high fired to cone 10 in a reduction atmosphere. Work is microwave and dishwasher safe.
Functional wheel thrown and altered stoneware pottery. High fire reduction with a woodash glaze.
Combination of hand building and wheel thrown pieces. Pressed designs from lace, buttons and embroidery. Cone 6 glazes painted with small brushes to bring out texture and create faux mosaic look.
