Selected Recent Sculptures (2022-2024)
"Only ever away from center," 2024. Black stoneware, porcelain shards, glaze. 19 x 13 x 11 inches.
Pillars of Creation, 2023. Ozark Mountain stones, crushed rock, clay, glazes. 21 x 17 x 17 inches.
Pillars of Creation, 2023. Ozark Mountain stones, crushed rock, clay, glazes. 21 x 17 x 17 inches.
Pillars of Creation, 2023. Ozark Mountain stones, crushed rock, clay, glazes. 21 x 17 x 17 inches.
"Age undoes itself/and plays the Ouroboros" 2023. Black clay, shards of exploded bisque soaked in red pigment, Ozark rocks, Houston sand, gravel, glaze. 23 x 17 x 11 inches.
"Age undoes itself/and plays the Ouroboros" 2023. Black clay, shards of exploded bisque soaked in red pigment, Ozark rocks, Houston sand, gravel, glaze. 23 x 17 x 11 inches.
"Age undoes itself/and plays the Ouroboros" 2023. Black clay, shards of exploded bisque soaked in red pigment, Ozark rocks, Houston sand, gravel, glaze. 23 x 17 x 11 inches.
"Slag," 2023. Slag glass from the National Building Arts Center in Sauget, IL, chain, crushed steel glaze, ceramic, apoxie clay. 8 x 4.5 x 1.5 inches.
"Slag," 2023. Slag glass from the National Building Arts Center in Sauget, IL, chain, crushed steel glaze, ceramic, apoxie clay. 8 x 4.5 x 1.5 inches.
"Slag," 2023. Slag glass from the National Building Arts Center in Sauget, IL, chain, crushed steel glaze, ceramic, apoxie clay. 8 x 4.5 x 1.5 inches.
"At the edge / that makes me a thing with horns," 2023. Ozark stones, steel shards, clay, Houston foraged slip, melted stone glaze, glaze, underglaze. 22 x 18 x 15 inches.
"At the edge / that makes me a thing with horns," 2023. Ozark stones, steel shards, clay, Houston foraged slip, melted stone glaze, glaze, underglaze. 22 x 18 x 15 inches.
"At the edge / that makes me a thing with horns," 2023. Ozark stones, steel shards, clay, Houston foraged slip, melted stone glaze, glaze, underglaze. 22 x 18 x 15 inches.
"At the edge / that makes me a thing with horns," 2023. Ozark stones, steel shards, clay, Houston foraged slip, melted stone glaze, glaze, underglaze. 22 x 18 x 15 inches.
"Scorpion Mother," 2023. Melted stone, steel shards, reclaim clay, glaze, underglaze. 16 x 13 x 13 inches.
"Scorpion Mother," 2023. Melted stone, steel shards, reclaim clay, glaze, underglaze. 16 x 13 x 13 inches.
"Scorpion Mother," 2023. Melted stone, steel shards, reclaim clay, glaze, underglaze. 16 x 13 x 13 inches.
“To Offer Up a Grain of Sand,” 2023. 22 x 25 x 21 inches. Ozark rocks embedded in reclaim clay, melted stone glaze, crushed gravel glaze, underglazes.
“To Offer Up a Grain of Sand,” 2023. 22 x 25 x 21 inches. Ozark rocks embedded in reclaim clay, melted stone glaze, crushed gravel glaze, underglazes.
“Void,” 2022. 19 x 21 x 20 inches. Melted stone, steel shards, reclaimed studio clay, porcelain slip, glazes.
“Nucleus,” 2023. 2023. 13 x 11 x 7.5 inches. Serrated black stoneware, embedded steel shards, crushed steel glaze. Image courtesy of Emily Mueller.
“Second Nucleus,” 2023. 2023. 13 x 11 x 7.5 inches. Serrated black stoneware, embedded steel shards, crushed steel glaze.
“To Offer Up a Grain of Sand,” 2023. 22 x 25 x 21 inches. Ozark rocks embedded in reclaim clay, melted stone glaze, crushed gravel glaze, underglazes.
“Combine 8,” 2022. 10 x 7 x 7 inches. Huzzah Valley stone, studio bisque scraps, sand, glaze. Found stone fired to ^6 oxidation and fused with ceramic scraps from previous sculptures
“Path 1/Arch,” 2023. 6.5 x 5 x 3.5 inches. Stoneware, bisque scrap from residency studio underglaze, porcelain slip, glaze.
“Path 1/Arch,” 2023. 6.5 x 5 x 3.5 inches. Stoneware, bisque scrap from residency studio underglaze, porcelain slip, glaze.
Combine 2, 2022. 7” x 5” x 6.5”. Found stone fused with scrap bisque, glaze, and kanthal wire
Combine 2, 2022. 7” x 5” x 6.5”. Found stone fused with scrap bisque, glaze, and kanthal wire
“Tremor,” 2022. 16 x 16 x 18 inches. Melted stone, steel shards, black stoneware, glaze, found and fused rocks, sand. Fired to ^6 in steel tube at cone 6 oxidation to melt stone and fuse ceramic elements together. Remnants of the steel crucible remains on the outside of the sculpture. Under the sculpture, bisque scraps, stones from the Huzzah River, and sand are visible
“Path 3,” 2023. 6 x 6 x 5 inches. Stoneware, underglaze, glaze. Fired ^6 oxidation.
Mica Book, 2022. 9.5 x 7 x 5”. Large mica “book,” two types of slumped slate, kanthal wire.
Mica Book, 2022. 9.5 x 7 x 5”. Large mica “book,” two types of slumped slate, kanthal wire.