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Welcome to my 'about me' page. I am a fine artist living in
Burlington, Vermont. I attended the prestigious New World
School of the Arts in Miami, Florida, have a degree in Fine Arts
and advanced studies in Anthropology and have exhibited my
work for the past fifteen years. Working in various mediums
including clay and printmaking, my artwork is always evolving
and changing as i constantly try new things and seldomly work
on the same thing for too long.
The medium that I am most passionate about is clay because
I am fascinated by the historical cultural origins of ceramics and
the incredibly important role that clay works has had throughout
human history. It amazes me to imagine how many uses clay
has had in people's everyday lives from antiquity to
contemporary society. But most amazing to me are the ways in
which potters have learned to master and control the power of
fire. Fire has always been a symbol for destruction, but the clay artist has learned to use fire to create, to
manipulate the clay and manifest a new existing object from the mind, much like an alchemist or shaman.
Raku is my favorite firing process. It's an American variation of a centuries old Japanese glaze firing
technique. Raku differs from other firing processes in that, as the fired work reaches a temperature of
about 1800 degrees in the kiln, rather than letting them cool in the kiln as with other firing processes, in
raku, I quickly open the hot kiln and extract the glowing red pots using steel tongs. At this point, there are
a number of ways in which to manipulate the hot pots to attain extremely unique glaze effects such as
quickly placing the glowing hot pieces in a container and throwing combustible materials on them. A fire
then ensues against the pieces which later results in one of a kind glaze finishes such as glossy swirls of
multi colored metallic lusters that are virtually impossible to recreate.
The designs I use to adourn my pottery are symbols for sacred geometry like the fern and the tree or
flower of life. They represent what I believe to be the overall theme of my work over the years; that of
transcendence to the sacred and how we perceive and invoke deeper meanings in all things around us.
Throughout the ages, societies of peoples have used symbols to represent the religious and
metaphysical mysteries of the universe and our existence.
Burlington, Vermont. I attended the prestigious New World
School of the Arts in Miami, Florida, have a degree in Fine Arts
and advanced studies in Anthropology and have exhibited my
work for the past fifteen years. Working in various mediums
including clay and printmaking, my artwork is always evolving
and changing as i constantly try new things and seldomly work
on the same thing for too long.
The medium that I am most passionate about is clay because
I am fascinated by the historical cultural origins of ceramics and
the incredibly important role that clay works has had throughout
human history. It amazes me to imagine how many uses clay
has had in people's everyday lives from antiquity to
contemporary society. But most amazing to me are the ways in
which potters have learned to master and control the power of
fire. Fire has always been a symbol for destruction, but the clay artist has learned to use fire to create, to
manipulate the clay and manifest a new existing object from the mind, much like an alchemist or shaman.
Raku is my favorite firing process. It's an American variation of a centuries old Japanese glaze firing
technique. Raku differs from other firing processes in that, as the fired work reaches a temperature of
about 1800 degrees in the kiln, rather than letting them cool in the kiln as with other firing processes, in
raku, I quickly open the hot kiln and extract the glowing red pots using steel tongs. At this point, there are
a number of ways in which to manipulate the hot pots to attain extremely unique glaze effects such as
quickly placing the glowing hot pieces in a container and throwing combustible materials on them. A fire
then ensues against the pieces which later results in one of a kind glaze finishes such as glossy swirls of
multi colored metallic lusters that are virtually impossible to recreate.
The designs I use to adourn my pottery are symbols for sacred geometry like the fern and the tree or
flower of life. They represent what I believe to be the overall theme of my work over the years; that of
transcendence to the sacred and how we perceive and invoke deeper meanings in all things around us.
Throughout the ages, societies of peoples have used symbols to represent the religious and
metaphysical mysteries of the universe and our existence.
