Making a living as a studio potter requires discipline and a strong work ethic. In addition to keeping the gallery shelves full, there are constant commissions and deadlines. To maintain excitement, even passion, over a long career, I am constantly thinking ahead to new work, experimenting with various ideas and techniques. The result has been a steady evolution in my work, a refined and nuanced intensity in surface decoration on wheel thrown porcelain shapes. I have consistently been inspired by textiles and fiber techniques- Persian carpets, Fair Isle knitting patterns, batiks from around the world. Throughout the majority of my career, I have used wax resist and underglaze colours on high fired porcelain fired in electric kilns to apply layered patterns to my forms.
After receiving a BA in Visual Arts and a BA in education, I have been working as a studio potter for 40 years. With the exception of occasionally giving workshops and classes, my partner/husband and I have made our living as working potters. I have also been a participant in 260 Fingers in Ottawa since it first began in 2005.
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B&W Leaf bowl, 11 x 2.75”. $170. code 35-79 Blue Diamond container, 7.5”h. $155. code 35-83
checker pattern bowl, 10.5″diam. x 4.75″ $275 code 35-68 Fritillaria bowl, 12.5″diam. x 3.75″ $260 code 35-65 cylinder vase, 9″ high $145 code 35-73 9” vase. $145. code 35-89 5.75” h Square vase. $70. code 35-90 9”diam. Bowl. $120. code 35-91 10”diam. Bowl. $145. code 135-93 11”diam. Bowl. $165. code 35-94 13”diam. Bowl. $235. code 35-95 35-95 front view
4.25″ cup $45 code 35-74
3.5”h cup. $45. code 35-96.A 3.4”h cup. $45. code 35-96.E 3.5” mug. $45. code 35-96.F
