My work is high-fired porcelain, hand thrown, with layered glazes.  The forms are simple but yet very classical. They are the result of constant refinement — the simple that lies beyond the complex. I strive to give the vessels a breath inside, and the kind of life that makes them reveal new things to the perceptive viewer as his or her vision deepens. I always try to hide my hand, so it seems as if the pot just appeared out of the depths of the universe. 

I began making pots in 1989 while working at Boeing as a Computer Scientist. A chance meeting with pottery, and I became inspired. That inspiration has lasted my whole career, enhanced by moving to Laguna Beach, California in 1988 and by a deep study of historical and traditional pottery.

All of the glazes I use are of my formulation, and mostly of the crystalline variety. My glazes have continually evolved since 1990 with the result of over thousands of glaze tests. I brush the glazes in micro-thin layers and build up the correct thickness with many coats.  I find that just two-thousandths of an inch in glaze thickness can make the difference between a glaze that works and one that doesn’t.  By temperature fluctuations during the second firing, the crystals begin to grow in ever-increasing circles or do whatever my formula dictates.

I hand throw the pots in the shapes that  I love to make. I continue to be inspired and informed by historical pottery, by a fascination with the micro- and macro-universes, and by my lifelong effort to quiet the mind through meditation in throwing ceramics.

I live a life of an artist in an art community constantly engaged with the inspirations and guidance of my peers.