I have been creating my beautiful Nerikome Artwork since 1989.
Taught and inspired by Jane Peiser from Penland NC, I am constantly experimenting with color and pattern.
My hard earned ease with this process results in work that is immediate, fluid and dynamic.
My designs explore the tension of motion and color within the confines of rigid forms.
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“Notice what you notice”
We all notice different things. For me it is color and pattern. They are inseparable at the heart of all my Artwork.
The foundation of my ‘Style’, is pattern. Not simply the patterns of North America, but the pattern sense of other cultures. The joyful exuberance of African, Indian, Latin and Islamic patterns influences my work in subtle but important ways.
My process is not be familiar as there are few colored porcelain Artists.I try to increase these numbers by teaching this process in live and virtual workshops.
I have a commitment to advancing knowledge in this colorful area of the pottery world.
COLLECTIONS
SAS Institute, Raleigh, North Carolina
North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina
Clayworks, Melbourne, Australia
SHOWS
"DINNERWORKS" 2006 - Louisville Kentucky
"RALEIGH, NC" Little Art Gallery, Raleigh NC
"PORCELAIN - 12 CONTEMPORARY MASTERS" - Mudfire, Atlanta GA
"DINNERWARE SHOW" - Gallery Frank, Chapel Hill, NC
"20 POTTERS, 20 TEACHERS" - The Arts Center, Rocky Mount NC
"GREEN" - Potters Council Juried Show 2013, NCECA Houston
"HANDBUILT" Claymakers Gallery, Durham, NC
WRITINGS
“Beyond Agateware” Pottery Making Illustrated Mar/Apr 2017
“Coloured Clay” Ceramic Review, May 2013
"Smooth Color Blends" Pottery Making Illustrated, January 2013
"The NC Potters Conference" Ceramics Art & Perception Technical #35
Coloured Clay" Ceramics Art & Perception Technical, November 2012
"Down to Business" Pottery Making Illustrated Magazine, 2001-2004
"The Culture of Success” Crafts Business Magazine March/April 2005
“ The Gallery Shuffle” Clay Times Magazine January/February 2005
“ Colored Clay Possibilities” Clay Times November/December 2003
“ Quick and Easy Stamps” Pottery Making Illustrated May/June 2002
“ A Colored Clay Project” Pottery Making Illustrated - Summer 2000
" Textures are Everywhere” Pottery Making Illustrated Summer 1999
PRESENTATIONS
NCECA 2007, “Studio Potters – Sharing the Dream” Panelist
NCECA 2008 “Marketing your Pottery to Galleries”, Topical Discussion
NCECA 2012 “On the Edge of Success”, Topical Discussion
NCECA 2013 “Focus your Energy on Success”, NCECA Connection
JUROR
"Transcending Material" Potters Council Juried Show 2014
