The calming meditation of making the same simple clay forms again and again frequently reminds me of my mom. Growing up, I watched and sometimes helped her roll, cut, pinch and join the dough to make handmade pasta. She loved working with her hands, a love she passed on to me.

I am a ceramic sculpture artist and studio potter. While attending Lesley College, Cambridge, MA (B.S. Elementary Ed/Special Ed) I took pottery lessons and attended related workshops. I later continued my ceramic studies with Makoto Yabe at the deCordova Museum School in Lincoln, MA , an association that was to last for 20 years. During that time, I joined the faculty as a ceramics instructor teaching classes for children and adults until the closing of the school. For a number of years I also taught ceramic classes at Silk & Clay Studio.  Currently, I dedicate my time in making my sculptures and pots intended for everyday use.

My favorite shape is the bowl.  A bowl is a vessel; its purpose: to hold or contain.  I construct my sculptures by putting together a series of similar bowl-like shapes that are wheel thrown or hand built to make abstract forms that bear lifelike qualities suggesting movement and energy just as the colors and textures relate to emotions and feelings. Many of my pieces can be looked at in more ways than one having no defined top or bottom.