Detailed Description: My work is characterized by a striving for balance between intentionality and spontaneity-- each piece is hand-crafted, shaped and molded according to my imagination and skill; essentially, it is the active pursuit of an aesthetic idea. The smoke-firing process, however, introduces an element of randomness, spontaneity; it is a force of nature to which I surrender the piece. The result is a blending of craft and chance, reason and passion, skill and luck. My work also exhibits a consciousness of the tactile elements of pottery. The way a piece feels should be as enjoyable and as varied as the way it looks. My pottery consists of hand-built, smoke-fired pieces, using low-fire white clay. The smoke-firing process gives the pieces their distinctive, unique coloring and the patterns created by the smoke are perfectly random. Because the work is low-fired and unglazed, it bears a similarity to the pottery of Native American and African potters (though my work is purely decorative and artistic, not functional). It has a distinctly primitive and earthy feel. Every piece is a unique work of art; a marked departure from the ordinary.

Location: Vancouver, WA USA - Map