For someone who loves daffodils, the beautiful flowers of Spring are preceded by strategic planning in Fall. First, you have to think about Spring flowers at a time of year when you're normally thinking about whether you want to carve…
“Now he’s laying a finger aside of his nose…” I like to create my annual holiday cards based on pieces of porcelain that I’ve made, and also create them in a format that can be used as Christmas tree ornaments…
As you look around my website you’ll see a representation of the porcelain artwork I’ve created over the years. The art that you see on this site for the most part represents the early stages of my artistic expression in ceramics.…
When our friend Monica described my sister-in-law Sandy as “not just a badass, she’s a FANCY badass” I knew I needed to make that into a piece of porcelain. But who would say or be the Fancy Badass in my…
Portrait of the Artist I made this piece in early Spring 2019 after having dinner with friends. During dinner, the flowers we brought for our host were right in the middle of the table, and they took center stage in…
In “Star Trek: The Next Generation” our Klingon buddy Worf was wont to say “Today is a good day to die!” While we are heavy of heart from helping Lily onto that f*cking amazing rainbow bridge yesterday, we were happy to see…
I recently had fun with a few small pieces (love tokens?) for Valentines Day. At the small end I made a variety of little hearts based on the traditional candy hearts with messages, small enough to fit into a Valentines…
This is a bespoke porcelain dinnerware set I made in 2016. Titled “Pigeon Roost” for the location of the vacation mountain house for which the collection was made, it consists of twenty-six pieces including plates, mugs, drinking glasses, shot glasses…
There’s something wonderful about this time of year, a time when magic is in the air. Family, friends, parties, champagne, cocktails, big meals, cookies and cake, lights, music, singing and dancing. And one of the things I really look forward…
Earlier in the week I tweeted a link to my previous blog post The Shattering, and after sending it I realized someone might read it and say “wait… your worst art accident? How many art accidents have you had?” Perhaps ceramicists, potters,…