Design is a signal of intent, and through my designs I try to reveal my intentions of how I would like my work to be approached by the user.  My scale and proportions are based on the hand and are domestic, implying the intent of my work to be comfortable and functional.  I make tableware--mostly cups, bowls, plates, and teapots.  The pieces I make are intended to be interacted with--they are made to be put out on the table and used. 

Historically, most pots were made for actual use and were produced in quantity and with efficiency in mind, rather than being created as a few precious rarified objects.  The work I make follows this historical approach, and is made to be compatible and companionable with each other.  I have chosen to make pots by hand not because I feel this somehow makes    them better or more noble than machine-made pots, but because this gives me liberties for improvisation and evolution that mechanically produced work does not allow for.  Pieces are similar in their relationships to each other but are never identical--cousins more than clones. 

I am influenced by modern architecture and design, and I want my work to fit into a modern  and urban context.  I emphasize elegant forms with clean lines and exploit the process of potting for my decoration, making use of finger grooves, trimming lines, glaze pools, and marks from handling and firing.  My current body of creamware and white porcelain reflects my focus on form.  I enjoy the directness of working without color and the emphasis this gives to the form.  Using a clear or white glaze allows me to reveal the graphic nature of clay and its ability to record marks left by the hand.