Series Description
| Tarazo Series: | The Tarazo Series was my first encounter with raku firing. I immediately fell in love with the crisp black and white glaze mixed with the smoke imbedded from the fire. |
| Raku Series: | The Raku Series inspired a love/hate relationship ~ I hate that I cannot control the outcome, and I love the fact that the outcome is so perfectly unique. |
| Feather Series: | The Feather Series is a natural extension of my fascination with winged creatures. Creatures that fly seem to experience a freedom that those of us who are earth bound rarely experience. I believe that we are spirit beings, and winged creatures help us to remember that we too can fly. |
| Pod Series: | The Pod Series is about the Life-Death-Life cycle. Cycles are unavoidable in life ~ recognizing, identifying, and embracing change frequently makes life more enjoyable. We experience numerous births and deaths throughout our lifetime. These times can expose us to changes that are both terrifying and enlightening. Recognizing the need to lie dormant is as important as recognizing the need to be born anew. |
| Butterfly Series: | The Butterfly Series is about transformation ~ recognizing our abilities to transform. Transformation always includes a moment of acknowledging that change will take place. Change often brings elements of fear and resistance. If, however, we could view transformation as a critical element in our self-learning process then possibly we could embrace the experience of transformation as both terrifying and exciting. |
| Rust Series: | The Rust Series was inspired by my move to the Sonoran Desert. Delays associated with the installation of my raku kiln prompted me to explore alternative finishing techniques and Arizona art definitely spoke of rusts and patinas. |
| Primitive Series: | The Primitive Series is composed of both smoke fired and raku fired pieces that range in color from soft brown to black. These pieces are fired in a variety of materials including sawdust, shavings, manure, horsetail hair, leaves, paper, and sand. Retrieving these pieces from the kiln is like discovering ancient artifacts at an archaeological dig. |