Medium: Ceramic Garden Art
Studio: 545 5th Ave West
Phone: 425.803.0522
I stumbled into clay 9 years ago while
working in my son's classroom as a volunteer. The art
project that day was clay, and I will be forever
grateful that I was there to help. It was one of those
moments in life you hope everyone gets the opportunity
to experience: I had found my thrill. That experience
was so profound that it inspired me to learn all I could
and to make sure that every child in my son's elementary
school got the chance to put their hands in clay. Along
with my long-time friend and frequent co-chair, Michele
Parsons, we developed a "Clay Curriculum" that is still
going strong to this day. Now, so many years later, I am
still thrilled to have my hands firmly embedded in clay.
I continue to learn all I can by taking classes from
some of the best, and I sometimes teach a class or two
to both young and old alike. My style can be best
described as just a bit on the Looney side: I like to
look at the beauty around me with one eye closed and my
tongue stuck firmly in my cheek. For it can only be with
humor that I persist in this crazy medium where, having
created your piece, fired it once, glazed it three
times, it blows up in the kiln upon the second firing.
What nut would put themselves through that day after
day? This nut. I hope you'll stop by to see what this
year's efforts have produced.
