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I love making pitchers because it’s a challenge at almost every step of the process. I pretty much hold my breathe until the piece comes […]

During the first class of each new hand building session we usually make something with pinch pots. Honestly, I think this might be my favorite […]

My turtle and a piece by one of my fantastic students was accepted into the juried Dogwood Arts 2025 Synergy Student Art Show this spring. […]

I love making these hand-built scalloped bowls. I made sure to emphasize the textured side lines as i did the imprints. I also wanted the […]

I took a fun underglaze transfer workshop a couple of weeks ago. I’ve done this process several times before but because there’s so many steps, […]

This tile and my previous tile were both slab rolled back in November. But due to life getting busy around the end of the semester […]

I started this piece back in November but due to illness, holidays, and end of semester craziness, I wasn’t able to glaze it until this […]

In late November, myself and some friends took a clay Christmas tree workshop at my studio. They were glazed just in time for the holidays […]

I made this mug using a brown clay but I really liked the idea of doing black and white underglaze on top, with the brown […]

I took a pumpkin workshop at my studio at the end of September, this time several friends joined me. It was so fun to make […]

I made this guy during one of the nights of my previous hand-building session. I so enjoyed going back to the monoprinting process with slip, […]

I had been looking forward to this early August workshop for several months – it was rescheduled once – I had originally anticipated taking it […]

I’ve decided to make and add more ceramic Jack O’Lanterns to my collection since I took my first pumpkin workshop two years ago. All four […]

Back in August, I took a lidded vessel workshop. I might have once attempted to make a lidded vessel in a throwing class – I […]

This is attempt number two in hopes of recreating a pitcher similar to the one I made last August. The first attempt I constructed upside […]

Bunny! Over the past few months, I’ve really been pushing myself to make things I’ve never made before – especially in the 3D format. So […]

I love this little guy! I started sculpting him using pinch pots during the first session of my current hand building course. I have never […]

I made these plates with a few different GR Pottery forms. I first rolled really thin slabs, cut the shapes using the pottery forms and […]

During our second to last week of my summer hand building workshop, we made wall pockets! I’ve never made them before and didn’t realize how […]

During our last class of my six-week summer hand building class, we made darted mugs. The darting tapers in at the bottom of the cup; […]