is a ceramic artist who has worked with the material for over 35 years creating both functional and non-functional clay objects. Her work has been exhibited nationally and internationally, and she has served as visiting artist at various institutions, often creating curriculum and teaching strategies while in residence. She received her BFA from Ohio University, her MA and MFA from Bowling Green State University.

“Clay has always been my material. While I have blown glass, sculpted stone, cast metal and carved wood, it is the suppleness and malleability of clay that always brings me back. I suspect my love of this most basic of elements stems from childhood when I was allowed to dig in Mom’s garden, burnishing “dirt” to make roads for my match box cars and finding clay in riverbanks to pinch into bowls.

The fact that something so basic, something that is wiped off your shoes can in turn be found in the china cabinet formed into exquisite cups and saucers is such an amazing contrariety.

While I consider myself both a functional potter and a clay sculptor, most recently I have been exploring the relationship between inner and outer space with special emphasis on floral abstraction. These “rosettes” can be both functional or not, existing on table and wall pieces.”