The Wave

The Wave

Description  “The Wave” is a rock formation in the Paria Canyon-Vermillion Cliffs Wilderness, Arizona, near the Utah border. “The Wave” in my piece was created by draping a lock of horse tail hair along the rim of the form. The blue is copper mixed in the slip...
Snowbound

Snowbound

Description  Snowbound has a blizzard created by sugar granules sprinkled on the wet ferric chloride used to develop the pink/red/purple color pallet, and tracings of copper wire to evoke the winds that bind us into our dwellings in a raging winter storm. Dimensions...
Smoke Signals

Smoke Signals

Description  Smoke signals were a method of long-distance communication used from time immemorial by Native Americans. My smoke signals were created by positioning clumps of fine copper threads from an unraveled Chore Boy scrubber, placed around the neck of the piece....
Kilauea’s Cocktail

Kilauea’s Cocktail

Description  Sea Foam + Lava, Shaken, Not Stirred I’m working on developing a broader color pallet – this one includes verde copper accents that brought to mind the sea foam on the coast of the Big Island in Hawaii, where Kilauea poured her lava into the sea. ...
Spiraling Through the Galaxy

Spiraling Through the Galaxy

Description  Named, as a lot of my work is, for my fascination with astronomy. The firing effects I achieve with crushed foil saggars include star burst patterns and what appear to be gas clouds, and the occasional black hole. Who says God is finished creating?!...

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