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The patterns and surfaces in my work directly relate to the characteristics of worn industrial materials and structures. My interest is not in the industrial objects themselves as much as it is in their mechanical patterning with the additional wearing through natural circumstance.

I fire a wood kiln, using the atmospheric firing as well as impressed texture on the form to explore the depth and variation that is derived from the qualities of erosion and wear found in the materials I look to for inspiration. The varied dry, dark surface from this type of firing also connects to my personal sensibility. I enjoy the quiet nature of such a dry dark surface, creating subtle variations that are not immediately noticed. I am a potter because I want to participate within these distinctive and fascinating details contributing to the routine subtle progression of the day.

EDUCATION
2008
Master of Fine Arts, Utah State University, Logan, UT
2006
Master of Arts, University of Louisville, Louisville KY
2000
Bachelor of Arts, Transylvania University, Lexington KY

SELECTED EXPERIENCE
2009-Present
Assistant Professor of Ceramics, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green KY
2010
Visiting Artist, Ohio University Wood Fire Symposium, Athens OH
Make work, lecture, and fire a train kiln
Visiting Artist, University of Louisville, Louisville KY
Demonstrate, lecture, and fire a mana-bi-gama kiln
2009
Workshop Instructor, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg TN
Lead a mana-bi-gama wood firing with Nichols State University
Workshop Presenter, Ball State University, Muncie IN
Demonstrate, lecture, and fire a train kiln
Lecture, Sydney Potters Society, Sydney ACT Australia
Presented my work to members of the Potters Society
Lecture, Australian National University, Canberra ACT Australia
Presented my work to undergraduate and graduate students
Workshop Presenter, Strathnairn Arts Association, Higgins ACT Australia
Demonstrate, lecture, and fire an anagama
Lecture, Australian National University, Canberra ACT Australia
Presented my work to Distance Learning students
Resident Artist, Strathnairn Arts Association, Higgins ACT Australia
Instructor, Arrowmont, Gatlinburg TN
Teapots!!!, Adult Community Class
Instructor, Arrowmont, Gatlinburg TN
Potter’s Wheel Basics, Children’s and Young Adult Community Class

SELECTED SOLO & INVITATIONAL EXHIBITIONS
2010
Yunomi Invitational, AKAR Gallery, 257 East Iowa Avenue, Iowa City IA
30x5, AKAR Gallery, 257 East Iowa Avenue, Iowa City IA
2009
2009 All Kentucky Juried Fine Art Exhibition, Capital Arts Bowling Green KY
The Art of the Cup: Functional Comfort, Center for Southern Craft and Design, Ogden Museum of Southern Art, 925 Camp Street, New Orleans LA
Material Sense, solo exhibition, Homestead Gallery, Strathnairn Arts Association, 90 Stockdill Dr, Holt ACT Australia
Craft-ed!, Dunedin Fine Art Center, 1143 Michigan Blvd., Dunedin FL
tangible, Finer Things Gallery, 1898 Nolenville Road, Nashville, TN
Sweet and Simple, two person exhibition, Roswell Art Center West, 1355 Woodstock Rd, Roswell GA
Yunomi Invitational, AKAR Gallery, 257 East Iowa Avenue, Iowa City IA
2008
Form as Surface, MFA solo exhibition, Tippetts Exhibition Hall, Utah State University, Logan UT
Yunomi Invitational, AKAR Gallery, 257 East Iowa Avenue, Iowa City IA
Dinner Works, Louisville Visual Art Association, 3005 River Road, Louisville KY

SELECTED JURIED & GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2010
18th Annual Strictly Functional Pottery National, Market House Craft Center, East Petersburg PA
Visions in Clay, LH Horton Jr. Gallery, San Joaquin Delta College, Stockton CA
18th San Angelo National Ceramic Competition, San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo TX, merit award
8 Fluid Ounces, Glassell Gallery, LSU Art + Design, Baton Rouge LA
Clay West International, Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art, Logan UT
Pour, Terra Incognito Studios and Gallery, LaGrange IL
Clay on the Wall, Landmark Arts, Texas Tech University, Lubbock TX, award winner
Functional Relationships, Andy Shaw Gallery, Mississippi University of Women, Columbus MS
OH+5 2010, The Dairy Barn Arts Center, 8000 Dairy Lane, Athens OH
2009
Feats of Clay XXII, Lincoln Arts & Culture Foundation, 580 Sixth Street, Lincoln CA Utah State University Current Graduate Students & Faculty, NCECA, Hyatt Regency Phoenix, Cassidy Room, 122 N. Second Street, Phoenix AZ
National Juried Cup Show, LUX Center for the Arts, 2601 N. 48th Street, Lincoln NE 20th Annual Teapot Show, “On The Road Again”, Chiaroscuro Galleries, 835 Michigan Ave., Chicago IL
Starbrick Clay National Cup Show, Starbrick Clay, 21 W. Columbus Street, Nelsonville OH
Beyond the Brickyard, Archie Bray Foundation, 2915 Country Club Avenue, Helena MT
Clay & Context, Indiana State University Art Gallery, 649 Chestnut Street, Terre Haute IN
2008
Fine Contemporary Crafts, Artspace, 201 E Davie Street, Raleigh, NC
Clay3, ClaySpace, 28W210 Warrenville Road, Warrenville IL
Empty Bowl Project, Morland Gallery, Transylvania University, Lexington KY
Current Arrowmont Residents, Loggia Gallery, Arrowmont School of Art and Craft, 556 Parkway, Gatlinburg TN
Transforming the Elements: Earth, Water, Fire & Air, Artisans Center of Virginia, 801 West Broad Street, Waynesboro VA
Prints and Pots, Skyroom Gallery, Utah State University, Logan, UT
2007
Local Clay, Foreign Affairs Gallery, Jingdezhen Ceramic Institute, Jingdezhen China
Clay: the Ecstatic Skin of the Earth, Xiem Gallery, Pasadena CA
Forms & Shapes: Inspired by Architecture, AKAR Gallery, 257 East Iowa Avenue, Iowa City IA
Bowls 2007, UNCW Cultural Art Gallery, University North Carolina Wilmington, Wilmington NC
Second Annual UAM National Juried Cup Show, Taylor Library Gallery, University of Arkansas at Monticello, Monticello AR
By The Ounce, NCECA, Louisville Stoneware, 731 Brent Street, Louisville K
National Juried Wood Fire Exhibition, NCECA, Thrown Together Gallery and Studio, 1806 Frankfort Avenue, Louisville, KY, The Log Book Student Award
Empty Spaces: Bowls, Carbondale Clay Center, 135 Main Street, Carbondale CO