A month and a half ago Jessica, business owner extraordinaire of Bloomy Cheese and Provisions, had the idea to collaborate on a food event. We decided to center the experience on ideas about wild processes, tradition, and land. I am grateful to have to opportunity to share my love of woodfired pottery with such an engaged and curious audience. We started the evening with an artist talk, where I shared my ideas and process, then moved to a guided tasting of four expertly paired cheese and wines. I designed and crafted cheese platters and wine cups specifically for this event. We used wildflowers I foraged and blooms from Jessica's yard to adorn the tablescape. I wanted a feral feeling for the arrangements. 

I always envision my ceramics with food. Even as the work leans toward more abstracted objects of utility, they are still meant to be used. When we started placing the ferments on my service trays and saw how much depth, richness, and texture the food added, I got goose bumps. 

Thank you, from the bottom of my heart, everyone who made this happen. Thank you, Jessica for the mutual trust required for an event to come together so effortlessly, all the curious folks who joined us, and every single person I've woodfired with over the last year. Special thanks to Charlie Varney, with whom all the cheese plates and wine vessels were fired.

I could not imagine a finer culmination of my time in New York. A perfect confluence of my passions: pottery, food, community, and learning. 

I am delighted to share this collection of pots with you! This body of work represents a number of firings in many different woodkilns though out the Hudson Valley and New England. 

My woodfire practice is ever evolving. The objects I make are grounded in functional tableware, i use both handbuilding and wheel throwing techniques to craft my work. My pottery is both simple and deep, they are meant to be held. I like to give myself parameters when I work, the most recent being ideas of containment and service- things for sharing and things for storing. Both speak to abundance. 

Thank you for taking the time to peruse the work that I have been making!