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About
Artist Statement
For over twenty thousand years humans have been turning mud into pots. Making things from clay is one characteristic that makes us human. I am just a part of our ceramics heritage, making and progressing the art is my small contribution to humanity.
I have always been drawn to the imperfect, especially transport amphorae, Korean Sue pottery, and Japanese teaware. Part of my vision is to incorporate my greco-roman heritage into my obsession with eastern pottery.
Bio
Born in Rhode Island to an artist and a chef, it didn’t take long for me to give into my creative side. After being around my mother and her art for my entire childhood and attending the Putney School, I fell in love with pottery. From then on my fascination with Korean and Japanese ceramics grew. After high school I attended Eckerd College and studied marine biology but kept a foot in clay as the studio assistant. Then I worked many jobs in the science field but worked in the studio when I could. I’m now a resident at Cub Creek Foundation where I’ve learned to woodfire and hone my craft.
Creation
I ask myself, “does the world need more stuff?. I don’t have an answer but I figure that if I am going to make things, I need to be doing it in the most sustainable way. For this reason I fire with wood that would either rot or be burned anyway. My pots are made from clay that has been dug by me, mixed with clay abandoned by other people.
Wood firing can be approached more like cooking than chemistry. I tend not to measure the materials, beyond “a scoop of this or that” either in my clay or glazes. While firing cones and pyrometers are useful tools, listening and observing the atmosphere in the kiln tells me more.