My work focuses on functionalware, primarily teapots and their companion pieces. I’m usually more interested in things that look like they were dug up after a long time underground than I am in primary colours. Growing up in the Pacific Northwest gave me an unchangeable love of old forests, the Pacific Ocean, and maybe-dormant volcanoes always on the horizon - colours from moss, lichen, mud, ash, granite, and river water. I’m always trying to replicate the glaze and flame effects of wood and reduction firing in my community studio’s shared electric kiln, often with quite a bit of error in my trial and error, but worth it.

In 2024, I quit my corporate job to take a yearlong creative sabbatical. A few months into 2025, I knew that I wanted to pursue pottery full time, so I doubled down on learning, practicing, and just getting my studio hours in each week. In particular, I’m working on refining my glazing and getting better at proportional pieces where handles, lids, and spouts feel in harmony. This year, I’m taking courses in lidded vessels/teapots, anagama firing and woodfire glaze development, and standard glaze development, alongside multiple short courses at nearby London studios. Very much on the learning curve!