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Artist Statement

I am a West Seattle artist primarily working with clay, fiber and mixed media. Currently I am celebrating the joy of the garden and the shapes, colors and textures of nature with clay. Some days I choose to play with finicky porcelain clay, and some days I am drawn to richly pigmented clay. I build walls of vases with slabs, or the mesmerizing centrifugal force of the potter’s wheel. Or I pinch or coil the clay to reveal a playful bird or delicate flower. Exploring ways to enhance the surface of the clay is exciting (and sometimes daunting) to me.
My intention is to bring beauty and joy to you.
I want to surprise someone who is holding a clay intention word stone as they discover how the rattle inside vibrates the energy of the wish. The meditation domes with words are meant to soothe, comfort and inspire in their resting place in the garden. In this world that seems to have gone a little mad these days, I love to think that the object I have made with my hands connects me with the person who then holds and uses my art.

Artist Bio

I have always enjoyed the challenge of creating something unique in the world. I come from a family of makers - builders, seamstresses, designers and engineers. When I was a young girl, I was handed a lump of clay and I was smitten. The act of forming soft mud into a shape and with some kind of sorcery, having this squishy substance transform into a permanent object? Then coating it with a chalky liquid that turned into a colorful glass coating? Magical! It is not lost on me that some of the oldest and most beautiful objects from our world’s history were made from this humble medium. How lucky I am to be able to continue to explore this alchemy as an art form today in my West Seattle studio. I graduated from Gonzaga University in Art and Reading Education while raising 4 children. I have been lucky to show my work with a co-op of potters while teaching art for almost two decades. I am so grateful to the West Seattle art community for providing the opportunities to share my artwork these past few years. I am still learning new and surprising things about clay, and how I can decorate the surface of the work I create. I am never bored, and often humbled by this medium.

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