a Detroit based human person.

I didn't officially start my ceramic journey until late into my 6-year stint living in Los Angeles, when I signed up for a beginner wheel-throwing class just for fun. Almost two years later, it's still enjoyable, and I've racked up an obscene amount of studio time, disappearing into the ever-expansive, wondrous world of pottery.

Things that inspire me:

• My partner Gordon’s endless curiosity about how things work (and his undying love).

• Textiles and patterns: mainly stripes, plaids, herringbone, slubby silk taffeta, twill, and tweed.

• Stained wood.

• Power cables and telephone poles.

• Schematic renderings.

• Words like electret, diode, potentiometer, coil, and oscillator.

• Cut glass.

• The middle of the 20th century.

• Cobalt blue.