“From the bottom up I have seized the means of production at every level” is what my friend told me when I described my process. I start with either digging my own clay (red body) or making my own from chemicals (light body). Hooking into my love of experimentation, I test natural clay bodies that I find or my friends have found on their property and I test them. Below are some examples of this in the “Found clay” section. To summarize quickly, the natural clay bodies react differently at different temps and when combined with my light body it makes magical things happen. That leads me into my carved work where I can work with both clays with different techniques or just by themselves. Either way, it makes an interesting textual surface that I love to create. I also own my own studio and kiln, so everything I need to for my “means of production” is in one place. In addition to ceramics I also am a big advocate of recycling and will use recycled glass with my work that creates an interesting crystalline pool in the piece. Additionally, I am currently starting to combine my experience of screen-printing with my ceramic!