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Bio

I received my BFA at MICA in Baltimore and my MFA in ceramics at The Ohio State University. I worked as a graphic designer for many years before returning to the ceramic studio.

From the day I first walked into the ceramic studio as an undergraduate student clay has captivated me with the possibilities of combining the 3-D form with 2-D imagery. The imagery in my work is influenced by life in and around the Chesapeake Bay where I grew up. The pieces are narratives of imagined gatherings of the sealife found in the bay and act as vehicles for telling stories of life on the bay.

 

 PROCESS

The forms are thrown or handbuilt with a cone 6 porcelain clay body. The general design is drawn on the leather hard clay then the piece is painted with a black terra sigliatta. I then use an a variety of tools to scratch away the black sig revealing the white clay body. The work is bisque fired to cone 06. The piece is then glazed and fired to cone 6.

 

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