The diversity of nature fascinates me and I strive to mirror that variety in my work. My practice is a combination of experimentation and crafsmanship. I take pleasure in pinching, coiling, slab building and throwing diverse clay bodies; making use of various glazes and firing techniques to get unexpected organic forms and surfaces.
White stoneware with oxides and glaze
4"x4"x8"
Photo: Larry Chatterton
White stoneware with copper saturate glaze
12"x12"x12"
Photo: Larry Chatterton
Unglazed stoneware clay with iron oxide
6" sphere
Photo: David Caras
White stoneware with oxides, underglaze and ash glaze
8"x9"x11
Photo: Larry Chattereton
Detail
Pit fired clay
4"x6"x6"
Photo: Larry Chatterton
Brown stoneware clay, texture glaze
6"x6"x6"
Photo: Larry Chatterton
Saw dust fired clay
4"x5"X12"
Photo: David Caras
Brown stoneware clay, texture glaze
3"x 5"x 21"
Photo: Larry Chatterton
White stoneware with underglaze & black glaze
4"x5"x7"
Photo: Larry Chatterton
Brown stoneware with green glaze
6"x10"x12"
Photo: Larry Chatterton
Different view
Brown stoneware clay
4"x6"x15"
Photo: Larry Chatterton
Walking and collecting all sorts of odds and ends is one of my favorite pastimes. I use these found objects for inspiration in my sculptures. One day I picked up a small pear from someone’s garden. I was struck by how the shape resembles the human form. Pears are like people in other ways too. Pears come in all different shapes, sizes and colors. They are fragile and bruise easily.
Clay, glaze, paint
4"x4"x"9"
Photo: Beth Heit
Brown stoneware with oxides, white stoneware with black glaze.
4"x4"x7"
Photo: Larry Chatterton
Ash glaze on brown stoneware
6"x8"x8"
Photo: Larry Chatterton
Porcelain, iron oxide
5"x7"x9"
Brown stoneware with copper and iron oxide
14"x14"
Photo: David Caras
Pit fired brown clay
In the collection of Maayim Hayim mikvah
Photo: David Caras