Over the past fifteen years, my work had gradually veered away from utilitarian pottery as I have stretched conventional vessel proportions into visual surprises that defy function. Volumes are closed off, freeing me to consider non-container imagery. The departure from the exclusively vessel oriented subject has made me want to explore the connections between vessels and sculpture and to merge the language of the craftsman with formal language of sculpture. Emerging from this preoccupation are works that evoke multiple interpretations suggesting stamps, weights, jackhammers, knobs and cranks. Pieces are constructed from clay parts thrown on the potter's wheel and assembled into larger structures.
Surfaces frequently incorporate metallic finishes and hammered looking lustres.
Repetition plays an important role and the multiple elements composing individual works mimic the production methods of the potter while also suggesting industrial production process and replication.