My work is an intuitive response to my natural surroundings embodied in functional forms and traditional practices. Working intuitively, my conscious mind is void, a trance like state takes hold. I’m not always aware of what I set out to create. I begin by marking the void, allowing the influence of my experience and environment to flow through me, drawing from landscapes and traditional cultures that I am compelled to explore. I hold this void open long enough to allow something to unfold within the space, to let this collision to take place and give rise to something that can be made sense of, that is the sum of my experiences, emotions and surroundings. In this way I make an exploration of how experience of a landscape or culture can be simply conveyed through ceramics.

Concerned greatly with the balance of contrasting textures and surfaces I employ various methods of surface treatment, tonal contrasts and texture to portray a collision of emotional responses to contrasting seasons, cultures and traditions. These methods invite the user to draw attention through the senses to the object held, in turn stilling the mind and bringing awareness to the present moment. My pieces are designed to bring joy and attentiveness, to draw one into the present and reflect, to be peaceful and make space for what is to come.

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