Handbuilt and wheel-thrown ceramics inspired by the garden — each piece a quiet record of time, texture, and story.
After many years focused on design, I’ve returned to the rhythm of clay — where form, texture, and time move at a slower, more deliberate pace. Working with my hands again has become both grounding and restorative, a counterbalance to the digital side of my creative life.
My current work draws directly from the garden. Leaves and flowers are pressed into slabs or impressed into thrown forms, creating botanical imprints that serve as quiet records of the seasons I’ve lived and tended. Each mark tells a story — a petal from a hydrangea, the vein of a hosta leaf, a small reminder that beauty and imperfection coexist.
I earned my BFA in Ceramics from SUNY New Paltz and later studied digital design and advertising, where I learned to see structure and balance in a different medium. Those same principles now guide my work in clay: how lines intersect, how texture catches light, how one detail influences the whole.
This renewed practice isn’t about production or perfection. It’s about process, presence, and remembering why I fell in love with making in the first place.
Gallery
A selection of some of my favorite pieces from nearly two decades of working with clay. Made primarily from stoneware, these pieces were designed for everyday use — meant to be held, filled, and enjoyed as part of daily life.
Work for the Home
My work has always been rooted in function. I hope these pieces become part of daily rituals rather than objects reserved for display — vessels that bring comfort, beauty, and intention to the spaces we live in.
Work for the Garden
My first body of work after college was created in terracotta clay, focused on planters and pieces meant to complement the garden. That love for outdoor forms stayed with me as I transitioned to white stoneware, continuing to explore the relationship between the handmade and the natural world.
