Work

A recent commission has left me with a surplus of bright colors. I've been using them over a variety of clays with combinations of glazes that have been quite fun. I hope to continue using these materials until I run out!

A most recent wood firing that I endeavored to apply a simple texture.

I am constantly making new planters with a specific, rustic clay body I make from recycled and foraged clay materials. The clay is unique in that it produces rough textures and rich iron spotting. At some point soon I will be able to start throwing functional ware with it again. 

These plates are a new color scheme and firing temperature than I normally do. I've received a lot of second hand materials to work with and so my process has changed temporarily. 

Vase fired on its side, with wood ash sprinkled on the top. The ash flows down the side of the work as it is being fired.

This mug was fired on its side in a wood kiln to produce a circle on the surface.

This wood-salt tea set was fired in the small wood kiln at Colorado State University, with the addition of salt at the end of the firing.

One of many mugs coming out of Daniel Gardners wood train kiln. Fired for two days with a reduction cool. 

Carved soap dishes fired in the soda kin. They are made in two parts, the tray underneath to catch the scum, and the soap holder that is textured to prevent sticking.

Fired upside down in the soda kiln with slip inlay stamps throughout the interior. 

Fired in the wood kiln with cobalt blue glaze on the upper half of the mug.

One of many plates stacked one on top of the other in the soda kiln.

This wood fired mug has feldspar-silica sand included in the clay, yielding speckles of white throughout the piece.

An assortment of plates with unglazed rims.