Ok, the truth is, I needed to fill some shelf space for a glaze firing in my kiln. For a new piece that would only be fired once, I had to use clays that would not require glazing. I let my imagination wander, and came back to Daphne.

I can’t seem to get away from Daph...

I've been thinking a lot about Gaia, lately.

From ancient Greek mythology, Gaia is the personification of earth, the primal mother goddess.  She gives us a way to think about our planet in a more personal way.   I have ideas for a series of sculptures depicting Gaia in...

Do you know the story? Beautiful nymph (Daphne) pursued by amorous god (Apollo) begs for help from her father the River and is turned into a tree… Turns out it was all Cupid’s fault. Scorned by Apollo, he crafted an arrow of lead and an arrow of gold. Apollo was shot w...

With the unusually cold and snowy February weather we were having in the Willamette Valley, it seemed an appropriate time to resume work on my “Four Winds” series, with – you guessed it – the Arctic Breath.

I actually made two porcelain masks. Unsatisfied with the firs...