Pottery is an art form that is an active participant in the owner's life. Pottery not only wants to be looked at, but it also draws the owner into touching and holding it.  Even the simple mug is a piece of art. One looks at it, holds it, puts a beverage that complements its form and function. This participation of the mug and the owner create new art every time the mug is used.

​I grew up in South Dakota and always had a love for pottery.  I remember walking past a handmade brick kiln outside the art building during college. I was busy working on a B.S. degree in Plant Pathology at South Dakota State University and only dreamed of what could happen within those brick walls.

In 2001, I took my first pottery class at the Morton Center in West Lafayette, Indiana, but I am primarily self-taught. I was in love with the making of pottery at the first spin of the wheel. Nowadays, I  consider myself an Experimental Potter moving from one technique to another. Functional Pottery pieces created on the wheel or hand-built give great pleasure in being used regularly. Wall pieces are a pleasure to gaze upon them. Still, I love Alternative Pottery, which involves horsehair, feathers, outdoor pit firings, and dipping hot pots in fermenting flour solutions to achieve unique natural designs on pottery. 

After teaching at the Morton Center for over six years, I built a small studio at my house and made pottery for myself, family, friends, and to sell.  The pleasure I take in making pottery is rewarded when I see the joy on people's faces when they look at it, hold it, and admire how a humble ball of mud has evolved into a piece of pottery.  You can now find my work at Artists' Own in downtown Lafayette, IN  www.artists-own.com/