I will be teaching a workshop this weekend at Red Star Studios.

Saturday will feature demonstration of mold making, slip casting and assembly techniques.

Sunday will be hands on and participants will complete their own crack mold.

For more info, visit Red Star's Upcoming Workshops

I have been selected as a semi-finalist for the 2011 Charlotte Street Visual Artist Awards! I am one of ten artists selected from a group of 108 applicants by a distinguished panel of curators and gallery directors. The panel will visit my studio to view my newest work and ask questions.

If all goes well I may receive a large grant and some excellent exhibition opportunities. I feel greatly honored to be a semi-finalist. Wish me luck!

I was selected to participate in an international symposium/studio residency at the International Ceramics Research Center at Guldagergaard in Skaelskor, Denmark.

Here is a link to the ArtsKC newsletter.

Images from my trip and the work I am making during the residency are available on my blog.

This project was supported by an Inspiration Grant from the ArtsKC Fund of the Arts Council of Metropolitan Kansas City.

My work is featured on the cover of the July/August 2010 issue of Pottery Making Illustrated. The issue has a surface theme and my article discusses my methods for achieving my soda fired surfaces.

I am featured on the cover of the July/August issue of Pottery Making Illustrated and in an article written by Annie Chrietzburg, Many Facets of Soda
The article covers basics of soda firing theory, including ware placement, firing and soda application.
Click here for an overview of the issue!

I am participating in an exhibition at the H&R Block Artspace at the Kansas City Art Institute. The show runs from June 19 through Sept. 25, 2010. The “2010 Kansas City Flatfile,” features two-dimensional artwork by Kansas City-based artists in media including drawing, photography, prints and mixed-media works on paper as well as time-based artwork in the “Videofile.”
Stop by to see the show and browse the portfolios if you are in Kansas City!

2010 Flatfile Exhibition

I was featured in a Kansas City Star article written by Alice Thorson yesterday! The article discusses the reincarnation of Red Star, it's current show and a good portion of the article discusses my current work! A large display of this work is now on view for sale at the Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art museum store. I also have a nice selection of work on display at Red Star.

link: Red Star Get's a New Home

I recently constructed a new studio in my basement at home. Yesterday I started making work again! The new studio set up will allow me to continue to design, produce and cast new moulds until the new Red Star Studios space is functional in October.

This downtime does mean that I will not be soda firing until we reopen in the Fall; However, I have lined up several opportunities to fire in wood kilns over the Summer.

This is an excellent development and I am very excited to produce several loads of wood fired sculpture and vessels. Look for my newest images of the work in July!