I TRY TO CREATE OBJECTS THAT FEEL SACRED. OBJECTS THAT HAVE AN ENERGY AND POWER TO THEM. A CREATION THAT IS TOTEMIC AND DEMANDS YOUR ATTENTION. THE ANTITHESIS OF THE MASS PRODUCED AND DISPOSABLE COMMODITIES THAT LITTER CONTEMPORARY SOCIETY. WHILE NOT SUBSCRIBING TO ANY PARTICULAR DOCTRINE, SHINTO, ZEN AND TAOISM DO INFORM AND INSPIRE BOTH MY WORK AND MY LIFE.

MY WORK IS EXCLUSIVELY WOODFIRED AND THE FIRING PROCESS IS AN INESCAPABLE INFLUENCE. IT INFORMS THE METHODOLOGY AS WELL AS THE IDEOLOGY OF MY WORK. WOOD FIRING IS DEMANDING AND LABOR INTENSIVE WITH LOSS AND HEARTBREAK BEING INEVITABLE, MUCH LIKE LIFE. THE WAY I FIRE MY WORK IS RAW AND PRIMAL. IT IS REFINED AGGRESSION AND THE RESULTING WORK SPEAKS VOLUMES. WOOD FIRING IS CEREMONIAL AND RITUALISTIC. LOADING THE KILN IS CREATING AN ALTAR. AT TIMES YOU BURN AND BLEED, AFTER ALL IT DEMANDS SACRIFICE. THIS IS WHERE YOU COMMUNICATE WITH THE OLD GODS AND THE OLD GODS CAN BE CRUEL. IT’S ALCHEMY, IT’S SHAMANIC, IT’S ANCIENT, IT’S PERFECT.

MY WORK IS EARTH, WATER AND FIRE. MY WORK IS PRIMAL AND ELEMENTAL. THROUGH WOOD FIRED CERAMICS I ATTEMPT TO CREATE OBJECTS THAT NARROW THE DIVISION BETWEEN THE EARTHLY AND SPIRITUAL. THE PROFANE AND DIVINE. TO CREATE A PHYSICAL SPACE WHERE THE SACRED CAN BE FOUND.