I grew up on my grandparents’ dairy farm in north-central Pennsylvania, riding horses with Mom and collecting rocks, bark, and dirt. My Dad lived on the Hudson River near Adirondack Park in Upstate NY where I spent holidays and summers collecting more rocks, bark and dirt.

Tim and I married in 1987. We moved to Columbia, SC. I fell in love with ceramics at the University of South Carolina in 1988. We made Massachusetts our home in 1990.

Through the years, while raising our family, I studied at the UMASS-Amherst and attended clay classes and workshops at the Worcester Center for Crafts. That’s where my clay met the wood kiln and I’ve never looked back. I’ve been an instructor at the Worcester Center for Crafts since 2004. I have participated in juried arts festivals throughout southern New England, New York and Pennsylvania.

I hand make my work from porcelain and stoneware clay. They are fired in a wood burning kiln in 16- to 20-hour firings. The glazes used are modern adaptations of ancient recipes of celadon, shino, and tenmoku iron glazes, safe for gentle use with food and beverages. It is a quietly contemplative, multistage process inspired by history, hard work and the beauty of nature combined with the surprise of discovering something new every day. These pots are individual works of art, intended for daily life.