I like to use Porcelain clay because of how very fine, creamy and fun it is to carve. When I fire my pieces to 2268 degrees they become fully vitrified; they’re food, microwave and dishwasher safe and they fire to the purest white color. The beautiful matte-white finish of porcelain enhances surface design details, contrasted by the bright glazes popping through the negative spaces of my designs.

I was about four when my brother lead me down to the creek behind our home in Georgia. We dug clay from the banks and I would make mud pies while he made dinosaur and monster figures out of the red clay. He would put a berry where the heart goes and tell me stories about how they would come to life! I was fascinated by the detail he put into them. He dried them on the rocks until they were hard in the sun. My brother was the first to introduce me to clay and we often played with it.

My mother was an artist and architect. She encouraged me throughout my art education; I was exposed to all types of arts & craft techniques but pottery was my favorite.

I’ve had jobs in graphic arts. I was a free-lance illustrator for local print shops and advertising agencies but when the work became computerized I found I preferred physically creating with my hands.

Soon after moving to Asheville in 2000 I started selling real estate and continued until the market crash in 2008. So I had spent most of my adult life neglecting the hands-on kind of artist that was lurking within me. I decided it was time, took a leap of faith and started taking wheel-throwing classes at Odyssey - and I have never looked back. Now I am nurturing my creativity while still representing my real estate clients in Asheville.
I thank God for this place and the opportunities it offered me, for its many creative people and for the art lovers who visit here.