Stoneware, Slip, Glaze, Cone 10 Gas Reduction, 12X6X4, 2020

Stoneware, Cone 10 Gas Reduction, 7x7x1.5, 2020

Stoneware, Slip, Glaze, NiChrome Wire, Cork, Wood, Cotton Thread, Cone 10 Gas Reduction, 6×3.5×2.5, 2020

ceramic, nichrome wire and ribbon, 28”x10”x6”, 2015

ceramic, nichrome wire and steel cable, 60”x 26”x 12”, 2012

ceramic, nichrome wire and ribbon, 36″x16″x12″, 2015

Materials: Porcelain, Glaze, Overglaze, Vintage Flower Decal, 24k German Gold Luster, Swarovski Crystals

Materials: Speckled Stoneware, Glaze, Underglaze, Overglaze, Vintage Flower Decal, German Platinum and 24k German Gold Luster

2013, Original Platter: Porcelain, Glaze, China-Paint, Gold Luster, 14 x 1 inches

“MOMENTO MORI” (2013): An investigation into the visual context of a compilation of my porcelain pieces with objects symbolic for excess, waste, and decay. They are evocative of death and the transience and futility of earthly achievements and pleasures. Inspirations for these photographs come from “vanitas”, still-life paintings from the early 17th century to the Baroque, where mortality is captured permanently in an arrangement of objects that give an illusion of permanence but are momento mori.