For your viewing pleasure, here are some photos of one of a kind pieces and smaller sets.
Pottery Gallery
Still Life- A Moment in Art
Over the last decade of making pots, I’ve come to notice something about my pottery. Each piece is a time capsule.
Clay captures everything: mood, intentions, hopes, fears, dreams.
The clay captures my vision.
Everything that happens to the clay has an impact on the final outcome and so it records the moment in time when it’s being shaped, created. As I look at my work, I remember why I made it, how I was feeling at the time. While you may not be able to see the entire snapshot when you hold a piece, you do get a sense of the vision, of that moment, like a still-life painting.
When you hold a piece of my pottery, you are holding a moment in my life.
I created the Still Life Series specifically to be an approximation of period pottery in 1580’s England so I could sell it at the Ye Merrie Greenwood Renaissance Faire. While imitating historical artwork, I also brought to the work what I wanted to create in my life: peace of mind.
The pieces are deceptively simple. Meant to be calming to the eye, they favor clean lines, graceful curves, and minimal surface decoration.
These forms are inviting:
They want to be picked up.
They are designed for comfort in human hands.
Their simple elegance makes them fit a wide variety of settings naturally.
They are a clearing for how you want to use them.
Versatile, these porcelain dishes are both every-day ware and suitable for special occasions. They are completely dishwasher, oven, and food safe, and also hardier than typical daily-use stoneware available commercially. That is because porcelain is a more durable material than stoneware. Yes, that is true even though you can see light through these delicate appearing dishes. 
That said, they are slippery when wet, so be careful when you wash them!
The uniqueness of each piece will invite your guests to discover them and enjoy the humanity that comes with hand-made dishes. Each guest will have their own experience with these dishes. When they return to your home, watch to see how they choose which cup or bowl to use on this visit. Notice how they touch and explore their dinnerware because it is out of the ordinary and invites them to do so. It’s ok if they turn the dishes over and run their fingers over the inscription, or around the edge of the foot. Porcelain is wonderful to touch!
Even though the creation phase is over, these pieces are at the beginning of the memories they will make for you.
I sell my pottery at faires, during student sales at my studio, and where invited to sell. While I am not yet set up to sell on-line, please don’t hesitate to contact me and see what can be worked out if you are interested.
Interested in other pottery projects of mine? Check out the gallery and this Gratitude Project.
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