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Leaves arranged in a circular pattern

Our eyes constantly remind us that the created world is multi-patterned, organized geometrically. From pine cones and the seed heads of sunflowers, to frost crystals on a cold windowpane, we respond to these natural forms because they’re so familiar. In my bio-geometrical pieces, I emulate some of these patterns found in nature, setting up a diagonal path that follows the outside of the piece and leads to the top, to the interior. I cut through the wall of the pieces, pushing in and pulling out, then sealing the gaps created by bringing more clay to the inside. The patterns then become three dimensional tessellations, smaller or larger depending on where they fall on the vessel form.

In the Old Testament, the patriarch Jacob has a dream in which he see’s a bridge between heaven and earth, on which the angels walk up and down, connecting the material world and the heavenly sphere. “Jacob’s Ladder” has been a subject for artists ever since, including William Blake. In my “bio-geometrical” pieces, I use the patterns created to suggest a movement up to the top, to the inside, so it becomes for me a sort of “Jacob’s Ladder”. But this path is not just up to a supposed heaven above. It is a path to the inside, to an ineffable interior, a journey of consciousness rather than just a journey “up.”

William Blakes painting of Jacobs Ladder

Bio-Geometry Pieces

Ripple Mountain - Wavy textured blue ceramic pot

Ripple Mountain

17" X 13", Glazed Stoneware, Available for Purchase

Diagonal Ascent - Textured turquoise ceramic pot

Diagonal Ascent

13" X 10", Glazed Stoneware, Private Collection

Angular Velocity - Scaled texture in blue, green, and orange ceramic pot

Angular Velocity

12.5" X 13", Glazed Stoneware, Available for Purchase

Puzzle - Textured green ceramic pot

Puzzle

12.5" X 10, Glazed Stoneware, Available for Purchase

Undercurrents Overflow - Tiered blue, green, and orange ceramic pot

Undercurrents Overflow

13.5" X 12.5", Glazed Stoneware, Available for Purchase

Floating Up - Tiered blue, green, and orange ceramic pot

Floating Up

12.5" X 13", Glazed Stoneware, Private Collection

Fluttering Twilight - Textured blue-green ceramic pot

Fluttering Twilight

16" X 11.5", Glazed Stoneware, Available for Purchase

Churning of the Ocean - Textured turquoise and rust ceramic pot

Churning of the Ocean

11" X 11.5", Glazed Stoneware, Available for Purchase

Overflowing Embrace - Rust and tan colored ceramic pot

Overflowing Embrace

13" X 11", Glazed Stoneware, Available for Purchase

Jeweled Cascade - Textured rust, blue and green ceramic pot

Jeweled Cascade

15" X 11.5", Glazed Stoneware, Available for Purchase

Teal Rocky Road - Textured turquoise ceramic pot

Teal Rocky Road

13.5" X 11", Glazed Stoneware, Available at The Centerpiece Gallery in Raleigh, North Carolina.

Ridge Forest - Textured rust and green ceramic pot

Ridge Forest

8.5" X 9", Glazed Stoneware, Available at The Centerpiece Gallery in Raleigh, North Carolina.

Ennead - Rust colored ceramic pot with blue and cream accents

Ennead

10" X 13", Glazed Stoneware, Available for Purchase

Return to the Sea - Textured rust and green ceramic pot

Return to the Sea

12.5" X 10, Glazed Stoneware, Available at The Centerpiece Gallery in Raleigh, North Carolina.

2-D Vessel Intersteller Staircase - Textured turquoise ceramic plate

2-D Vessel: Intersteller Staircase

12.5" Dia X 1.5" Thick, Glazed Stoneware, Available for Purchase

2-D Vessel Rhythm in Thirds - Textured blue ceramic plate

2-D Vessel: Rhythm in Thirds

12.5" Dia X 1.5" Thick, Glazed Stoneware, Available for Purchase

The Way Up is the Way Down 2 - Textured blue and turquoise ceramic pot

The Way Up is the Way Down 2

13" X 10.5", Glazed Stoneware, Available for Purchase

Ochre Tides 2 - Textured cream and orange ceramic pot

Ochre Tides

13" X 12.5", Glazed Stoneware, Available at The Centerpiece Gallery in Raleigh, North Carolina.

Travertine Terraces - Textured blue ceramic pot

Travertine Terraces

8" x 11.5", Glazed Stoneware, Available for Purchase

Imbricated Flow - Textured turquoise ceramic pot

Imbricated Flow

9" x 9", Glazed Stoneware, Private Collection

Intersteller Staircase - Textured blue ceramic pot

Intersteller Staircase

10.5" x 8", Glazed Stoneware, Available for Purchase at The Centerpiece Gallery in Raleigh, North Carolina

Muscular Succulent 3 - Textured blue ceramic pot

Muscular Succulent 3

12.5" x 9", Glazed Stoneware, Private Collection

Radiating from the Source - Textured turquoise ceramic pot

Radiating from the Source

8" x 10.5", Glazed Stoneware, Private Collection

Thunderbolt - Rust colored ceramic pot with blue and cream accents

Thunderbolt

17" X 10", Glazed Stoneware, Available at Galerie Wolfsen in Aalborg, Denmark

Large Muscular Succulent 1 - Textured blue and green ceramic pot

Large Muscular Succulent

12" x 12", Glazed Stoneware, Private Collection

Trefoil - Rust and cream colored ceramic pot

Trefoil

12.5" x 9", Glazed Stoneware, Available at Galerie Wolfsen in Aalborg, Denmark

Muscular Succulent 1 - Textured blue and green ceramic pot

Muscular Succulent 1

9.5" x 9", Glazed Stoneware, Available at Galerie Wolfsen in Aalborg, Denmark

Muscular Succulent 2 - Textured rust, blue and green ceramic pot

Muscular Succulent 2

8" x 10.5", Glazed Stoneware, Available at Galerie Wolfsen in Aalborg, Denmark

Mystical Gears - Rust colored ceramic pot

Mystical Gears

7.5" x 11", Glazed Stoneware, Available at Galerie Wolfsen in Aalborg, Denmark

Rain Bands 2 - Textured blue ceramic pot

Rhythm in Thirds 2

12" X 9", Glazed Stoneware, Private Collection

Rain Bands 2 - Textured blue and green ceramic pot

Rain Bands 2

7" x 11", Glazed Stoneware, Private Collection

Terraced Luminecence - Textured green and blue ceramic pot

Terraced Luminescence

8.5" X 8.5", Glazed Stoneware, Private Collection

Mossy Periderm 3 - Textured green and blue ceramic pot

Mossy Periderm 3

9.5” X 8.5”, Glazed Stoneware, Available at Galerie Wolfsen in Aalborg, Denmark

Journey to the Source 4 - Textured blue ceramic pot

Journey to the Source 4

13.5” X 10.5”, Glazed Stoneware, Private Collection

Flying to the Inside 9 - Brown and cream ceramic pot

Flying to the Inside 9

12” X 10.5”, Glazed Stoneware, Private Collection

After the Rain - Brown and blue ceramic pot

After the Rain

14" X 8.5", Glazed Stoneware, Private Collection

Terraced in Green - Turquoise ceramic pot

Terraced in Green

10.5" X 9", Glazed Stoneware, Private Collection

Trebling the Bass - Blue ceramic pot

Trebling the Bass

11.5" X 11.5", Glazed Stoneware, Private Collection

The Forest Within - Cream colored ceramic pot with forest painted on panels

The Forest Within

15" X 10", Glazed Stoneware, Fired-on Laser Decals, China Paint

Expanding Seedpod - Rust colored ceramic pot

Expanding Seedpod

8" X 9.5", Glazed Stoneware, Private Collection

Mossy Periderm - Green-blue ceramic pot

Mossy Periderm 2

8" X 7", Glazed Stoneware, Private Collection

Magnolia (Tree of Life) - Cream colored ceramic pot with tree painted on panels

Magnolia (Tree of Life)

12" X 12", Glazed Stoneware, Fired-on Laser Decals, China Paint

Floating Spiral - Blue ceramic pot

Floating Spiral

8" X 9.5", Glazed Stoneware, Private Collection

Fire - Rust colored ceramic pot with orange, blue, and white accents

Fire!

13" X 8", Glazed Stoneware

Mossy Periderm - Blue-green ceramic pot

Mossy Periderm

9" X 8", Glazed Stoneware, Private Collection

Vines - Turquoise ceramic pot

Vines

12" X 8", Glazed Stoneware, Private Collection

Staccato Waltz - Blue ceramic pot

Staccato Waltz

12" X 9", Glazed Stoneware, Private Collection

Rhythm in Thirds - Blue ceramic pot

Rhythm in Thirds

12" X 12", Glazed Stoneware, Private Collection

Autumn Snow - Rust colored ceramic pot

Autumn Snow

9" X 14", Glazed Stoneware, Available at the Duane Reed Gallery in St. Louis, Missouri

Exoskeleton - Ceramic pot

Exoskeleton

8.5" x 10.5", Glazed Stoneware, Private Collection

The Way Up is the Way Down - Ceramic pot

The Way Up is the Way Down

8" x 10", Glazed Stoneware, Private Collection

Landslide - Ceramic pot

Landslide

7.5" x 9.5", Glazed Stoneware, Private Collection

From the Depths - Ceramic pot

From the Depths

15" x 12.5", Glazed Stoneware, Private Collection

Journey to the Source 3 - Ceramic pot

Journey to the Source 3

14.5" X 10", Glazed Stoneware, Private Collection

Autumnal Shift - Ceramic pot

Autumnal Shift

16" x 9", Glazed Stoneware, Available at The Centerpiece Gallery in Raleigh, North Carolina.

Storm Surge - Ceramic pot

Storm Surge

16" x 10", Glazed Stoneware, Available for Purchase

Roiling Surf - Ceramic pot

Roiling Surf

14.5" x 12", Glazed Stoneware, Available at the Duane Reed Gallery in St. Louis, Missouri

Wings - Ceramic pot

Wings

23" x 14", Glazed Stoneware, Available for Purchase

Co-Opposition - Ceramic pot

Co-Opposition

18" x 15", Glazed Stoneware, Available for Purchase

Rain Bands - Ceramic pot

Rain Bands

10" x 8", Glazed Stoneware, Private Collection

Hurricane - Ceramic pot

Hurricane

9" x 8", Glazed Stoneware, Private Collection

Parallelogram 5 - Ceramic pot

Parallelogram 5

12" x 7.5", Glazed Stoneware, Private Collection

Parallelogram 4 - Ceramic pot

Parallelogram 4

12" x 7.5", Glazed Stoneware, Private Collection

Parallelogram 3 - Ceramic pot

Parallelogram 3

8.5" x 9.5", Glazed Stoneware, Private Collection

Parallelogram 2 - Ceramic pot

Parallelogram 2

9" x 10", Glazed Stoneware, Private Collection

Parallelogram 1 - Ceramic pot

Parallelogram 1

15" x 8.5", Glazed Stoneware with Stone Base, Private Collection

Tertile - Ceramic pot

Tertile

8" x 9.5", Glazed Stoneware, Private Collection

Cardinal Directions - Ceramic pot

Cardinal Directions

8.5" x 10.5", Glazed Stoneware, Private Collection

Quintile - Ceramic pot

Quintile

9" x 8.5", Glazed Stoneware, Private Collection

Stone Flower - Ceramic pot

Stone Flower

8.5" x 12", Glazed Stoneware, Private Collection

Blue Trifecta - Ceramic pot

Blue Trifecta

10.5" x 10.5", Glazed Stoneware, Private Collection

Outcroppings - Ceramic pot

Outcroppings

8.5" x 10.5", Glazed Stoneware, Private Collection

Pinwheels - Ceramic pot

Pinwheels

12" x 10", Glazed Stoneware, Private Collection

Dervish - Ceramic pot

Dervish

12.5" x 11", Glazed Stoneware, Private Collection

A Journey to the Ocean Inside 1 - Ceramic pot

A Journey to the Ocean Inside

11.5" x 12", Glazed Stoneware, Artist's Collection

Autumnal Equinox 2 - Ceramic pot

Autumnal Equinox 2

15.5" x 13", Glazed Stoneware, Private Collection

A Journey to the Ocean Inside 2 - Ceramic pot

A Journey to the Ocean Inside 2

16" x 14.5", Glazed Stoneware, Platinum Luster

Flight of the Hamsa - Ceramic pot

Flight of the Hamsa

38" x 15", Glazed Stoneware, Gold Luster, Wax Encaustic, Gold Leaf, Private Collection

Autumnal Equinox 1 - Ceramic pot

Autumnal Equinox

16.5" x 14", Glazed Stoneware, Private Collection

Journey to the Source 2 - Ceramic pot

Journey to the Source 2

18" x 15", Glazed Stoneware, Private Collection

Refracted Journeys 1 Front - Ceramic pot

Refracted Journeys 1

17.5" x 12" x 10", Glazed Stoneware with Gold Luster and Stone Base, Artist's Collection

Centrifugal Centripetal The Dark Night of the Soul 2 - Ceramic pot

Centrifugal/Centripetal: The Dark Night of the Soul 2

21" x 14", Glazed Stoneware with Gold Luster, Private Collection

Flying to the Inside Green Blue - Ceramic pot

Flying to the Inside: Green/Blue

19.5" x 11.5", Glazed Stoneware with Stone Base, Available at the Duane Reed Gallery in St. Louis, Missouri

Flying to the Inside Stone - Ceramic pot

Flying to the Inside (Stone)

23.5" x 12", Glazed Stoneware, Available at The Centerpiece Gallery in Raleigh, North Carolina.

Flying to the Inside 3 Forest - Ceramic pot

Flying to the Inside 3 (Forest)

36" x 15", Glazed Stoneware, Gold Luster, Soapstone Base

Flying to the Inside 2 Water - Ceramic pot

Flying to the Inside 2 (Water)

28" x 14", Glazed Stoneware on Stone Base

Flying to the Inside - Ceramic pot

Flying to the Inside

27" x 16", Glazed Stoneware on Granite Base

He Becomes an Angel - Ceramic pot

He Becomes an Angel

27" X 13.5", Glazed Stoneware, Wax Encaustic, 24 Karat Gold Leaf, Granite Base

Large Birds Morphing 2 - Ceramic pot

Large Birds Morphing 2

11" x 13", Private Collection

String Theory Emerging from the Storm - Ceramic pot

String Theory: Emerging from the Storm

10" x 14.5"

Counterpoint 2 - Ceramic pot

Counterpoint 2

15" x 11", Private Collection

String Theory Birds Morphing - Ceramic pot

String Theory: Birds Morphing

9" x 13"

Effects of the Moon - Ceramic pot

Effects of the Moon

19.5" x 11.5"

Continental Drift - Ceramic pot

Continental Drift

11" x 12", Private Collection

Tsunami Chorus - Ceramic pot

Tsunami Chorus

14.5" x 10"

A Gathering - Ceramic pot

A Gathering

10" x 12", Private Collection

Unfolding 2 - Ceramic pot

Unfolding 2

18" x 13", Private Collection

An Ocean of Fire - Ceramic pot

An Ocean of Fire

20.5" x 11"

In the Firmament - Ceramic pot

In the Firmament

13" x 13", Private Collection

An Ocean of Ice - Ceramic pot

An Ocean of Ice

20" x 10", Porcelain with Matte Glaze and Wax Encaustic

Climbing - Ceramic pot

Climbing

16" x 9", White Stoneware with Underglaze and Glaze, Private Collection

Flight 2 The Phoenix - Red ceramic vase

Flight 2: The Phoenix

18" x 10.5", Private Collection

Gold Before Blooming - Gold ceramic pot

Gold Before Blooming

12" x 13", Private Collection

Infinite Ocean - Ceramic pot

Infinite Ocean

14" x 11", Private Collection

The Churning of the Cosmic Ocean - Ceramic pot

The Churning of the Cosmic Ocean

16" x 13", Porcelain, Gouache, Wax Encaustic

Entrance Exit 1 - Ceramic pot

Entrance/Exit

14" x 11", Private Collection

Entrance Exit 2 - Ceramic pot

Entrance/Exit 2

11.5" x 13", Private Collection

The Phoenix 2 - Gold ceramic vase

The Phoenix 2

13.5" x 9", Private Collection

Counterpoint 1 - Gold ceramic vase

Counterpoint

14" x 8.5", Private Collection

Waves - Blue ceramic vase

Waves

10" x 10.5", Artist's Collection

Embrace - Gold ceramic vase

Embrace

10" x 7", Artist's Collection

Unfolding - Gold ceramic vase

Unfolding

14.5" x 8.5", Private Collection

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