Ceramics

Utility

Desert Sunset Vase, mid-fired miller porcelain with stroke and coat glaze, 5”, 2023

Sea Garden Tea Set for Four, slab built teapot and cups with charcoal clay and turquoise glaze. Pot is 6″ tall x 5″ wide, cups are 2.5″ tall x2.25″ wide, 2023.

Seaside Serenity Teapot, slab built teapot with speckled buff clay, copper oxide and granny’s white glaze. Pot is 5.5″ high with a 3.75″ diameter, 2023

Bohemian Garden Tea Set for Two, slab built teapot and cups with charcoal clay, copper oxide, granny’s white glaze. Pot is 5.5″ high with a 3.75″ diameter. Cups are 2.25″ high with a 2.25″ diameter. 2023.

Earth Blossom Teapot Set for Two, slab built teapot and cups with charcoal clay with granny’s white glaze. Pot is 5.5″ high with a 4.25″ diameter (apx). Cups are 2.5″ high with a 2.25″ diameter, 2023

Cow skulls

This series is a meditation on the cycle of life. The central symbol used throughout the series is the form of a cow’s skull, representing death. However, this is contrasted with depictions of life through symbols or representations of nature or earth elements.

My process begins by sculpting a cow’s skull in clay, by hand. Once the sculpture is complete, I then proceed to create a plaster mold of the skull, enabling me to produce multiple copies of the form through the slip-casting technique, allowing for consistency in shape and size. Each skull measures approximately 6.5 x 7.25 inches.

With the cast skulls as my canvas, I embark on the next phase of the process, adorning the skulls with images of nature. Each motif is hand-rendered through assorted techniques and styles onto the surface of the skull.