In the pottery studio I have several lines. NOLA Blanc is my service ware line. Included in this line are serving platters, casserole dishes, trivets, spoon rests, wine/utensil holders and dishes. Each piece in this line has a fleur de lis incorporated into it.
My raku work is decorative and very much influenced by New Orleans.
My offering urns are one-of-a-kind slab built pieces containing iconography of New Orleans. They are made in both the white stoneware glaze and raku glaze. Each piece contains a circular image that represents a hurricane, indentations in the clay mimic plotting the path of a storm, text and various styles of fleur de lis make up the rest of the imagery.
"Silveramics-TM" is my high end line. I combine raku and pure silver to create one-of-a-kind
decorative pieces. The finished pieces have a veneer of pure silver fused onto the surface of the clay body. Included in this are hand built pieces as well as wheel thrown pieces.
You might be wondering why I work in both glass and clay. That's because the public access glass studio that I work out of turns off the furnace during the summer. Because of this down time, I pursued my interest in clay and have mastered skill sets for working in both media.
