Holding Space

A void is a powerful notion; the held space contained within the volume of a form - emptiness.

My work is thrown and sometimes extended by hand using the vessel as a way to express a quality of strong, quiet permanence.  There is energy and vitality in the upward thrust of work made on the wheel that calms with the slower pace of coiling. Within the body is a memory of the rhythms and tensions between the sensual pressure of the hands and the materiality of clay.