Eclectic best describes my work. Responding intuitively to ideas, suggestions, and images moves me in diverse directions. I feel most content exploring and playing with clay.
A vocabulary of techniques and processes is necessary for a particular work or group of works to develop. Drawing, printmaking, metalsmithing and basketry have been the arts that have had a major impact on my clay designs.
For years I have studied historical ceramics. Consequently this has led to exploring anthropology and archaeology which provide universal clues to functionality and containment. I am particularly drawn to the diverse repertoire of vessel images which, by association, have good craftsmanship as an inescapable part.
Over the past 31 years I have experimented with a variety of processes and
techniques. The positive influence of those endeavors has enabled my work to
possess personal integrity, sound craftsmanship, and a universal sense of functionality.