I began doing ceramics less than a year ago. My interest in taking up ceramics was influenced primarily by exposure to ceramic work both at the museum where I work and a collection of Greek and Roman pottery at another local museum. Also, I started doing some research on artists who primarily painted yet also ventured into ceramics at different periods. My appreciation of artworks made from clay greatly increased and I began to regard them with much higher esteem than I had in the past.

​The birds are one of a kind, hand built from mainly low fire eathenware clays and sometimes painted with underglazes. 
My main series currently is focused on Crows. I'm not sure why except for the fact that they are black...similar to the silhouettes I've worked with before. Crows to me have an emotional/romantic tie with me....their melancholic calls in the Fall, among the cool crisp air and the smell of leaves brings many fond memories.
Some of the Crows are made from Spanish black stoneware clay.

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