CURRENT GALLERIES

Northern Clay Center  
northernclaycenter.org

Lillstreet Art Center  
lillstreet.com

Greenwich House Pottery  
greenwichhouse.org

Charlie Cummings Gallery  
claylink.com

Red Lodge Clay Center  
redlodgeclaycenter.com

VOLUME, FORM, AND SURFACE

Interior volume is a key element in functional forms. It defines the potential for containment. My current body of work combines a strong sense of interior volume with a net- or grid-like surface of textural lines that contains and shapes that volume, creating buoyant, full, yet architectural forms. These seemingly upholstered forms are draped with a series of rich, complex glaze surfaces, many of them crystalline, lustrous, or having deep visual texture. These surfaces are sometimes further adorned with sprigs, floral glaze decals or metallic lusters. Porcelain forms are often placed in or on earthenware baskets or trays. The result is a layering of disparate and complex elements that become integral. These pieces, in form and in the details of form, are created to visually communicate their use or function. Their complex shapes and rich surfaces embellish and enhance this use.