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Invasive Species (2023 Installation Views)
Alone Time (2022 Installation Views)
Shadow/Memory Boxes
Functional Wares (Ceramics/Glass)
Stein, 2024
Coil built. Wood-fired. Cone 10. Native clay from property at Cub’s Creek Artist Residency.
14 x 6 x 8″
Stein, 2024
Coil built. Wood-fired. Cone 10. Native clay from property at Cub’s Creek Artist Residency.
14 x 6 x 8″
Cotton Bowl, 2024
Thrown and altered. Wood-fired. Cone 10. Native clay from property at Cub’s Creek Artist Residency.
3 x 6 x 8″
Lil’ Guy.
Hand built. Wood-fired. Unglazed. Cone 10. Native clay from property at Cub’s Creek Artist Residency.
2 x 1 x 1/2″
Pipe, 2025
Hand built. Wood-fired. Cone 10. Native clay from property at Cub’s Creek Artist Residency. Made in response to a anthropomorphic pipe from the civil war on the property.
Drippy. 2024
Thrown. Wood-fired. Cone 10. Native clay from property at Cub’s Creek Artist Residency. Gold leaf accents.
Devil Mug, 2017
Cone 10 Stoneware. Hand built (soft slab). Shino glazed. Salt fired.
13 x 9 x 4″
Boxer, 2021
Stoneware. Hand built (soft slab). Potassium Chloride fired.
13 x 9 x 4″
Devil Mug, 2021
Cone 10 Stoneware. Salt-fired.
10 x 6 x 6″
Contentment, 2018
Cone 10 Stoneware.
4 x 6 x 3″
Cotton Bowl, 2025
Wood fired. Cone 12. Native Clay. Inclusions formed by insertion of cotton seeds in greenware state after throwing.
4 x 4 x 4″
Cotton Bowl, 2025
Wood fired. Cone 12. Native Clay. Inclusions formed by insertion of cotton seeds in greenware state after throwing.
4 x 4 x 4″
Cotton Bowl (variation), 2025
Wood fired. Cone 12. Native Clay. Inclusions formed by insertion of cotton seeds in greenware state after slumping on mold.
3 x 8 x 6″
Cotton Bowl (variation)
Wood fired. Cone 12. Native Clay. Inclusions formed by insertion of cotton seeds in greenware state after slumping on mold.
3 x 8 x 6″
Shot Glass (Skull), 2019
Hollow core, kiln cast glass.
2 x 1.5 x 1.5″
Shot Glass (Skull), 2019
Hollow core, kiln cast glass.
2 x 1.5 x 1.5″
Face Mug, 2022
Cone 10 Stoneware. Alternate atmospheric firing (Wood soaked in msg, soy, and soda mixture). Hand built (soft slab). 5 x 8 x 5″
Face Mug, 2017
Cone 6 Stoneware. Oxidation fired. Commercial underglazes.
Facemug, 2016
Cone 05. Thrown and altered form. Clear glaze.
3 1/2 x 3 x 4″
Other Ceramics
Glom, 2025
Wood-fired stone (and other)ware. Cone 10. Sculptural response to anthropomorphic vessels. Comprised of a large form with a multitude of small glass pieces and shards of ceramics from other potters found onsite at the Cub Creek ceramic residency program.
1.5 x 3 x 1.5′
Glom, 2025
Wood-fired stone (and other)ware. Cone 10. Sculptural response to anthropomorphic vessels. Comprised of a large form with a multitude of small glass pieces and shards of ceramics from other potters found onsite at the Cub Creek ceramic residency program.
1.5 x 3 x 1.5′
Glom, 2025
Wood-fired stone (and other)ware. Cone 10. Sculptural response to anthropomorphic vessels. Comprised of a large form with a multitude of small glass pieces and shards of ceramics from other potters found onsite at the Cub Creek ceramic residency program.
1.5 x 3 x 1.5′
Dauber, 2025
Rear view of a mud dauber (Trypoxylon politum) wasp nest fired made in an area with natural high fire clay. Wood fired to cone 12.
.25 x 3 x 1″
Dauber (rear view)
2025
Rear view of a mud dauber (Trypoxylon politum) wasp nest fired made in an area with natural high fire clay. Wood fired to cone 12. Material inside cavities are the residue of clay coverings from the wasp eggs.
.25 x 3 x 1″
Modest Proposal, 2018
Press molded forms in altered commercial molds. High fired Stoneware.
5 x 8 x 8″
Modest Proposal, 2018
Press molded forms in altered commercial molds. High fired Stoneware.
5 x 8 x 8″
Modest Proposal, 2018
Press molded forms in altered commercial molds. Raku.
5 x 8 x 8″
Modest Proposal 2, 2018
Press molded forms in altered commercial molds. Raku.
5 x 8 x 8″
Enkidu, 2010 (detail)
Cone 06 earthenware with nylon fibers and mason stains.
.05 x 2 x 2′
Enkidu, 2010
Cone 06 earthenware with nylon fibers and mason stains.
.05 x 2 x 2′
Pyramidal Form, 2010
Cone 06 earthenware with mason stains and underglazes, lightly accented with clear glaze.
3.5 x 1.5 x 1.5′
Memory/Object
Materials: Electroformed and cast glass replicas of objects from a foreclosed storage unit.126 object were transformed in this process. In the exhibition shown (2018) each memory/object was displayed on a bespoke pedestal with custom built oak framing devices and hand fabricated bracket system.
Images of the source can be found here:
Electroformed glass
Additional Objects
A selection of the memory/objects from the storage unit not shown in the “Memory/Object” exhibition. All are cast leaded glass with electroformed accents.
Networked Memories
Small bronzes with found objects.
Bronze forms based on coral mushrooms (Artomyces Pyxidatus).
Bronze and false tooth
Cast Bronze and World War II French Medal
Hollow Core Cast Glass
Skull shot glass
Core cast in Soda Lime (bullseye) glass
3 x 2 x 2″
Skull shot glass
Core cast in Soda Lime (bullseye) glass
3 x 2 x 2″
Car
Core cast leaded glass
Car
Core cast leaded glass
2 x 1 x 1″
Keys
Core cast Kokomo glass.2.5 x 3 x 2″
Keys
Core cast Kokomo glass.2.5 x 3 x 2″
Keys
Core cast Kokomo glass.2.5 x 3 x 2″
Clothes pin
Core cast leaded glass
3 x 2 x 2″
Clothes pin
Core cast leaded glass
3 x 2 x 2″
Lock
Core cast leaded glass
2 x 1 x 1″
Key
Core cast leaded glass
2 x 1 x 1″
Little people toy
Core cast leaded glass
3 x 1 x 1″
Pocket Knife
Core cast leaded glass
3 x 2 x 2″
Flower Works
Figurative works addressing themes of the Vanitas, ideas around the birth > life > reproduction > death cycle, collections, and the real vs unreal.
Site Specific Interventions
Guerilla Works left in a variety of locales.
Wood work
Illuminated Objects
Experimental Castings
Clock – Strata
Cast acrylic paint in modified commercial mold.
13 x 8 x 4″
Mouse – Strata
Cast acrylic paint in modified commercial mold.
4 x 3 x 3″
Memory of place
Cast life sized figure made from debris found at a vacant home site.
Explosion
Lost foam high copper bronze cast. 12 x 8 x 8
Seed money
Cast birdseed in edible binder. Left on site at Bank of America’s Charlotte headquarters
2 x 14 x 10″
Baby – Strata
Cast acrylic paint in modified commercial mold.
Baby
Cast paper in modified commercial mold.
Baby
Cast paper in modified commercial mold.
Independent Objects/Sculptures
