Prepping for the masks I made molds for the masks using plastic grocery bags that I shaped and taped. Pretty simple and low cost, easy […]
Red Clay Gnomes
I love getting a chance to work with different clay bodies, so I was very excited when a friend gifted me a box of red […]
Clay Slabs
Clay Slabs Clay slabs are portions of clay that have been flattened into a sheet, usually with uniform thickness. The clay slabs can be used […]
Winter & Spring Gnomes 2023
I started some smaller gnomes in the fall of 2022 but due to illnesses (Covid and then strep, ugh) I didn’t have a lot of […]
Frog Prince & Pineapple Man
Back in early December of 2022, I took a Christmas ornament making class at Arrowmont School of Arts & Crafts, located nearby in Gatlinburg, Tennessee. […]
Animal Garden Masks
In the summer of 2014, I began creating animal garden masks. Just like the human/human-ish garden masks I previously created, the idea was to use […]
Gnomes 2020-2021
Well, I started 2020 making the friends in the photo above and I had no idea what was about to happen to the world. I […]
Gnomes 2017-2019
I continued making gnomes well in to 2017. I experimented with sizes, decorative elements, and colors. I had started writing and carving names and words […]
The First Gnomes
In early 2015, I was interested in moving beyond throwing and slabbing clay and wanted to create something three dimensional. I wanted to create a […]
Gnomes of 2022
Due to some stressful conditions at work – teaching during a pandemic is not for the faint of heart – my artmaking slowed down quite […]
Terrarium Workshop
I created a terrarium with an older gnome friend and added a new lady bug friend. 9.25.22 I was fortunate enough to take a local […]