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BIO
It all started in Jr. High art class in The Dalles, Oregon. Ms. Orr introduced me to clay and it’s been a part of my life ever since. I received my college degree in Graphic Design, but had spent a great deal of my art electives in the ceramic studio. After college, I started working in advertising but ceramics is what I would be doing at night on my own time. A ceramics commission job forced me to step away from my advertising job and start up a professional ceramic studio.
The specific niche of creating monsters all began when I would make small guardian creatures that I placed on top of the kiln to ward off bad results during firings. Friends wanted those creatures more than what were coming out of the kiln. I'm enjoying the whole monster making niche and the kind of people that are attracted to it.
I have now been making and teaching ceramics for over 20 years. It’s amazingly gratifying to be doing ceramics full time and especially to be a teacher introducing kids to the joy of clay.
It all started in Jr. High art class in The Dalles, Oregon. Ms. Orr introduced me to clay and it’s been a part of my life ever since. I received my college degree in Graphic Design, but had spent a great deal of my art electives in the ceramic studio. After college, I started working in advertising but ceramics is what I would be doing at night on my own time. A ceramics commission job forced me to step away from my advertising job and start up a professional ceramic studio.
The specific niche of creating monsters all began when I would make small guardian creatures that I placed on top of the kiln to ward off bad results during firings. Friends wanted those creatures more than what were coming out of the kiln. I'm enjoying the whole monster making niche and the kind of people that are attracted to it.
I have now been making and teaching ceramics for over 20 years. It’s amazingly gratifying to be doing ceramics full time and especially to be a teacher introducing kids to the joy of clay.
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