Forming pots, preparing wood, and making glazes with ash from trees on my property are all part of the process of wood firing my pottery. I want my pots to reflect the oneness that is me, my work, my life and my connection with the land.

Making pots and firing them in the wood kiln transforms them in a way that connects all aspects of my practice, which is ultimately an exercise in presence. Each part of the process demands all of my attention; I can be doing nothing else when I’m centering clay, or loading the kiln, or stoking the fire during a 20 hour firing. Tending the kiln and working with the elements to bring about the results that only wood firing can yield, I make myself a partner with mystery. Afterwards, experiencing the surface and body landscape of the pots made in this practice inspires more questions than answers.
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I spent my childhood rambling through the forests and fields of Western Massachusetts. I am in love with the land and the hand work of rural life--growing food, making functional pots for daily use, and inhabiting place over time. I’m interested in how this work connects us with the land and with one another. I see ritual and devotion in this kind of living, and I seek to visually communicate this connection in my daily practice with clay.

I am a 1988 graduate of Mt Ida College, where I studied Graphic Design, a 1995 graduate of Bennington College with a concentration in ceramics and fashion history. I have apprenticed with Ray Bub and Susan Nykiel of Oak Bluffs Pottery in Pownal, Vermont, taught ceramics at the Buxton School in Williamstown, MA from 1994-2002, and have taught in my private studio for 10 years. I have been making pots since 1989.