History

A historical perspective of my work through the years
starting with my first class in 1989 at Alpena Community
College with Instructors Joe Donna and Laurie Wade.

As a note: I did make a couple pieces of pottery in high
school, but I doubt I could find any images of those
pieces.

We all started somewhere...

sculpted head -this piece was
modeled whole, trimmed into
segments and cored. This may be the
only piggy bank I have ever made.
Bare clay fired to cone six oxidation.
last spotted at a friend's house.

tiled space scene - I have
always loved science fiction.
Measuring in at four foot by six
foot this piece is my largest
work to date. The texture on
the surface comes from my
hands and feet. cone six
oxidation painted with spray
paint.
this piece was sold to a friend,
but the condition is unknown.

vase - this piece was an experiment
using thick slips dried on the surface of
clay then stacked and flattened into a
slab creating the surface decoration.
Clear glaze on clay fired to cone six
oxidation.
whereabouts unknown.

vase - painted slips on a simple hand
built form, glazed and fired to cone six
oxidation.
whereabouts unknown

open pot - Ceramic sticks wired to
wooden base. Fired to cone six
oxidation
A couple of these pieces were
constructed with one given to a
friend and the other given to a
relative. Conditions unknown.

sculpted head with bowtie and tophat.
glazed and fired to cone six oxidation
with the tophat and bowtie
spraypainted.
this piece was a gift to a friend which
was possibly broken during a move

incised plate - One of my first uses of
porcelain, this plate was covered with a
blue and black slip checkerboard pattern
with the line pattern carved into the
surface of the clay. This piece was my first
accepted show entry, and an early
example of patterns found throughout my
future work.
This piece fell and broke while in use
during a party in 1995. A noble way to die.

oil lamp - a series of wicked oil lamps
were made during this time. Most with
metal legs made from various materials
(brad nails for this piece). I may be
mistaken, but I believe this piece was
salt-fired with a cobalt chloride wash.
whereabouts unknown

incised bowl - covered with blue
and black slip while green then
carved. fired to cone 10 reduction
with clear glaze
whereabouts unknown

platter - slump molded
sections tacked with
nails before firing.
unglazed
whereabouts unknown

vase - handbuilt form paddled to shape
with rutile blue and ohata glazes fired to
cone 10 reduction.
personal collection

gourd pot - handbuilt form
carved with sur-form tool. Fired
to cone ten reduction with
ohata and john deere green
glazes.
gift to friend - last seen in
corner of garage (it happens)

slab-built pot - textured outer
walls complimented with inlaid
maple burl veneer. cone 10
reduction with lara turquoise liner.
whereabouts unknown

title: Mumified Blue
slipcast bottle - lowfire cast bottle with
underglazes capped with EZ Cap top
personal Collection

slab-built vessel paddled into
shape. cone 10 reduction with
ohata glaze on bottom and two
glazes on top portion - lara
turquoise glaze over clear.
whereabouts unknown

raku sculpted head with clear
and green striped glazes
whereabouts unknown

slab-built bowl with ohata
glazed bottom and two
glazes on top portion - lara
turquoise glaze over clear
glaze.
whereabouts unknown

hand-built bowl with glazed
line-work. glazes: penland
perfect black, blue green
turquoise, meditteranean
blue, and an unknown
purple. fired to cone 10
reduction
gift to mother-in-law

extuded towers - bottles
and vessels. salt-fired with
taped and rubber band
patterns using voulkos
engobes in various colors.
whereabouts unknown

extuded towers - bottles
and vessels. angama-fired
with taped and rubber band
patterns using voulkos
engobes in various colors.
whereabouts unknown

ash-glazed platter. this
piece was designed to go
in the anagama firing,
but didn't fit in so I
oversprayed it with some
ash glaze and fired it
cone 10 reduction
whereabouts unknown

extruded five-sided form that has been
carved and altered. contact paper
pattern with voulkos engobes.
salt-fired
whereabouts unknown

bottle/tower. taped pattern with
voulkos engobes. salt-fired
whereabouts unknown

left tower: carved extruded form with
splattered voulkos engobes. salt-fired
whereabouts unknown

right bottle tower: taped pattern with
penland perfect black glazed stripes
and ash glaze overspray.
gift to family