I am a multi-disciplinary artist primarily working in ceramics and photography. Both of these processes incorporate what I cherish in life. In ceramics there is a long process between wet clay and a fired piece and during this journey to the kiln, the clay takes on an existence of it’s own. From harvesting the materials, to processing them, I am continually inspired by the raw material before I ever sit down on the wheel. Seeing the clay in it’s native environment shows how it interacts with it’s surroundings which inevitably directs how I will interact with it in turn. Analog photography is much the same, each scene being harvested on film and then returned to the darkroom for processing and printing. Both of these disciplines require patience and determination and often times the process is just as beautiful to me as the finished product. With this in mind, I focus my work around preserving this process and exhibiting it in my pieces. Ceramic is one of the most preservable art forms we know of, and when making pieces I try to preserve the process from which it came in this very permanent media. This is done throughout the forming and firing to create a complex surface that shows the mark of the hands that made them, as well as, the materials from which the piece originated. I utilize a variety of firing methods to achieve my surfaces, with special consideration for what the piece will be used for. For utilitarian pieces I opt for high fire soda/ wood and for sculptural projects I will often utilize sager or salt fuming techniques.