Reconnect!

What makes a pot good? Clay is a language, a form of non verbal communication. Clay speaks through the visual but also through touch and use. If weight, color, texture, feel and utility articulate on a theme and the synergy of these speaking together reveals a truth to us; that is a good pot. I look for a revelation of process, seeing the maker's hands and the fire's touch connects me to the journey the clay has made, it begins the relationship between the user and the ware. Pressing your lips against a warm mug is an intimate moment with an object reaffirming that relationship daily.

Wood-firing is an ancient process rich with variation. Wood-fired pots today rest on thousands of years of history and innovation. Although there are easier ways to fire work I choose to fire with wood because of the intimate connection forged between potter and process as well as the resulting beauty. Like us, no two pots are alike, each speaks of its form and experience. Good wood-fired work is alive with subtlety.

You will find no shopping cart here. I have added a "Pick of the Kiln" page where you will find the three best pots from the most recent As you explore these pages you will find philosophy, process and information. I have not set this site up as a catalogue. Each peice is an individual, I do have an online store where the best of my one of a kind work can be purchased.

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