My work is an interplay between myself and my material. The slow and many stage process of kilnforming allows me that kind of relationship. While in the kiln, glass is too hot to handle, but each time it comes out of the kiln there is another opportunity for intimate dialogue. The personality of the piece continues to develop as long as this process continues.

Especially with The Mystery Garden Series, of which all these pieces are a part, space is an important element. The vessel form naturally invites space into itself. I expand that invitation by cutting into the edges, reducing its barrier to the surrounding space. The cut edges themselves also reach out and integrate with the space in which the object lives, compounding that receptivity.

Although my elements are formal, my theme, and to some degree, my process, exploit nature.

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