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From concept to final fire my studio life revolves around an intricate series of interconnected processes which move my work cycles towards completion.
Drawings: Drawings must be alive to capture the essential spirit and gesture of an intended form. Tools: My tools are my passports to the discovery of new forms and surfaces. I love them, and regularly make new tools throughout each work session. Tools matter. Forming: Wheel work, slab forming, extrusion. . . all hold fascination. Tools are constant companions. Surface: Slips are a favored liquid painting material. . . I use them instinctively and with pleasure. Glazes: They extend the fascination with surface by doing their dance with the under-painted slips. Double the pleasure. Firing: The primeval playing with fire has lured potters for centuries. I am a fire-man. Kilns and firings: alluring. . . mysterious. . . and magical. Cycles: The cycles of making and firing are the maps of my studio life. They are planned and unplanned, meaning that while I may intend a certain order. . . I let them flow and teach while I ride the waves of ideas. |
