| Creating in clay has been my passion for more than 13 years. My artistic spirit has always demanded that I spend time creating something with my hands. Raising children and a career in nursing limited my creative pursuits but I still found time to become an accomplished basket weaver, with an emphasis on collecting natural materials to weave.
found my way to the ceramics studio with independent classes in pottery and principles of design at Edmonds CC in 1996. Here I gained technical skills as a ceramic artist and design principles with attention to form and structure. Several years later I was accepted into the Sculptors Workshop in Edmonds, where I continue to date. This experience, along with building a 600 sq. ft studio above my garage, has propelled me into a new career as a ceramic artist.
My 10 year background in basket weaving proved to be a natural addition to my tendency to embellish my pots with pine needles, grasses, shells, rocks, and other materials found in nature. I have a strong affinity toward warm, natural, organic forms, as is evident in my work.
My influences range from beaches (FL is my state of origin) to NW woods and coastline. Quiet reflective times in nature foster my desire to recreate nature�s myriad forms in the ceramic medium.
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My favorite time to connect with myself and nature is to take long walks and forage for nature�s castaways to adorn my work. I fire most of my work to a cone 5 in an electric kiln. I do a combination of hand and wheel thrown work. Embellishment with beads, shells, copper wire, and various natural materials occurs after the final firing.
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