Artist Statement

When I took my first class in ceramics, I immediately fell in love with the medium. I loved to get messy and make stuff. Today I create a variety of artwork from complex sculptural assemblages to functional pottery. I like to make art that is both pleasing and alive. My goal is to pursue the interplay of shape and surface texture that intrigues the eye and demands to be touched. My current work explores wheel-thrown forms that are manipulated and assembled. They represent relationships between simplicity, complexity, fragility, and robustness.