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Current work is all wheel thrown and altered, multi-fired stoneware. A typical pot is fired up to 4 times with a max temperature reaching cone 6 or 2195º F. Used in the process are multiple layers of sprayed and brushed slips and under glazes. Lastly pots are finished with a layer of brushed luster, fired to cone 019 or approximately 1235º F.

Artist Statement My current work deals with the idea of how the design and form of the pot relate to one’s life. We are all born the same; it is the bumps and curves along our path that lead us to significant endings. Each pot has the potential of becoming anything but all start with a dark base. The dark bases keep everything grounded. However I ask grounded to what? The idea of what we are supposed to be and how we are supposed to live, or grounded to the idea that everything starts off the same and you create your ending.

Each vessel is adorned with circles. Circles represent many different emotions and ideas for each individual. For me each circle represents “zero”. Gottfried Leibiz, a German philosopher and mathematician once said when defining zero “…a fine and wonderful refuge of the divine spirit – almost an amphibian between being and non-being” The main premise behind the circle is that in each action, word, thought, or experience we all start at zero, or nothing, and therefore have the potential of everything and anything. Within the larger circles are smaller circles showing challenges we deal with on a day to day basis that help mold us into very people we are today.

The Rise series depicts that with each day, there is a new beginning, and a new beginning has the potential for anything.