The first time I touched clay was in college. While I was taking ceramics, learning the ins and outs of clay bodies, getting my hands in the mud and learning the complexities of glazes, I didn’t realize I was beginning a life-long love of pottery. After moving to Lafayette, I was able to find the Lafayette Art Museum and later Morton Center to continue to hone my skills of throwing and glazing.

Along the way, I took a two-week class pertaining only to raku. It was there that I found a community that loved raku. We built our own raku kiln and spent several years discovering the mysteries of raku. I eventually built my own kiln with my partner and this is where I learned to control the different variables to get more predictable results.

Currently I am focusing on functional ware and using the same glazing techniques that I used with raku, only now I am using underglazes. I also enjoy experimenting with layering of different glazes to create interesting combinations and effects.