When we feel a sense of harmony, our connection to the universe is strengthened and we feel that resonance physically and spiritually. I use the underlying stories of the natural world as a foundation for expressing the sense of harmony I see in nature.​

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Organic shapes infuse my work: curves, spirals, and rounded forms that fit comfortably in our hands. Spirals are found everywhere in the natural world: vines, shells, the movements of air and water, the muscles of our heart, and the shape of galaxies. They find their way onto my pots in many incarnations. Handles pulled in the traditional way and then left to dry for shaping, become gracefully curving necks of swans, the arc of a tail, the twisting pumpkin vine. My continued exploration of the endless story of our connections with the natural world is drawing me to greater alteration of my pieces in their most plastic state, and finer carved detail in their hardest workable state. Like working with both white porcelain and very dark stoneware, this dichotomy mirrors the dynamic balance of yin/yang, light/dark, day and night. These branches may eventually meet somewhere, or they may continue as two (or more) facets of work. For now I find both the broad gestures and the fine details compelling and delightful and continue to find that light and the dark, detail and gesture are equally essential to my work.