To make pottery is to give form to what I love. Through my bare hands the body and soul meet; Spirit in a vessel, tried by kiln fire. A collaboration of the four elements: earth, air, fire, water.My art is born, expressed in clay. Timeless, subtle, useful and beautiful. In clay are my feelings; into the deep center I pull: it becomes a bowl.I am making the classic shapes I loved. I am achieving that surface in the wood kilns I have been privileged to use to produce my pottery. Now, more than ever, this influence has channeled through me, as I actually live on the Pacific Rim, alive with plate tectonics and Asian art. I fire in wood burning kilns, inspired by the traditional processes of ancient kilns.