My work is primarily focused on exploring various forms of surface design. I enjoy playing with the surfaces by using a variety of techniques such as: Mishima - evoking the fine lines seen in intaglio print making, water colored underglazes, slip transfers, silk screened designs, etc.. My love of nature and the animals and plants that surround me at, and around, my studio are a constant inspiration for my surface decoration. The patterns and illustrations are also often drawn and reinterpreted from retro and historic sources. I’m primarily a hand builder, firing my work at ^6 oxidation and I’ve recently acquired a new passion for wood-firing my work.