metal is clay
The Cracks Are How The Dark Gets Out (detail)
Additional—over-head—view of the porcelain vessel on my “About” page. Complex pinching and forming processes allow micro-cracks to form...
Three (Of A Kind)
Sculptural porcelain vessel. Pinched and hand-built, unglazed. Fired to cone 10 in oxidation. Height: 26.3 cm. Inspired by the muses, from...
She #1
She #1. Sculptural form. Pinched and hand-built, unglazed Southern Ice porcelain. Fired to cone 10 in oxidation. Height: 25 cm. Memory...
Turbulence: Shield Series
Abstract chasing study. Shown at the end of one round of repoussé and chasing, while still mounted on black chaser's pitch. Bronze...
Lily #1 (detail)
Floral study, pendant. Made by repoussé and chasing with hand-made, steel punches. Sterling silver (925) with 14k rose gold rivet detail...
Zap Kapow Flower (detail)
Plum blossom, floral study, pendant. Made by repoussé and chasing with hand-made, steel punches. Fine silver (999), with 3mm diamond set in...
Plum Blossom
Floral study, pendant. Made by repoussé and chasing with hand-made, steel punches. Sterling silver (925) with 14k yellow gold rivet detail...
From The Heart (detail)
Sculptural form. Pinched and hand-built, unglazed Southern Ice porcelain. Fired to cone 10 in oxidation. For Fenestrations pieces, the...
Looking For Home
Sculptural form. Pinched and hand-built, unglazed Southern Ice porcelain. Fired to cone 10 in oxidation. Internal details and surfaces are...
Umbilicus
Interactive porcelain sculpture. Height 21.7 cm. Thoroughfare for nutrients in the womb, portal for surgery, vestigial organ…a journey...
It's About The Heart, Obviously. (Detail)
Porcelain sculpture, hand-built. Viewed from above. Height 32 cm. From the ‘Fenestrations Series’, on-going body of work.
Plum Blossom Hoard
Some of the 596 unique, individually chased and repousséd bronze flowers that I created for a one of a kind architectural screen, for a...
Plum Blossom Screen (detail)
Designed and built with Cory Barkman (corybarkman.com). Architectural panel with hand-carved walnut, powder-coated aluminium, and 44...
In Dreams (installation view)
My equine hero is In Dreams, the foal is Looking Back: a young horse learning about life in the herd. I don’t know what horses dream of...
Landscape vessel #3
Open ceramic vessel, with intense surface textures inside and out. made from native stonewares, porcelain, and glazes. Materials are...