In The Mud

Working with clay is about texture and form, about evoking environment and nature. A vessel can carry a quiet suggestion of a story or memory, expressed through shape, color, touch and silence.

Clay itself is earth. It has weight, resistance, and a memory of touch. Each piece holds a  record of the hands that formed it. It responds to gravity. It reacts to the chemistry of it's make up and the glazes and stains that envelop it's surface. It records the emotion of the creator and it's geographic source.

In that grounded material, I look for a sense of space, a form that can hold stillness and something of the vastness that inspires it. Rather than stating something directly, my vessels aim to imply, invite, or suggest. They are contemplative, sometimes expressive. They are made slowly as a way of holding something essential: silence, stillness, atmosphere.

I hope these vessels find their own resonance with you, as reminders of silence, space, and something larger than ourselves.