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Learning to trust --- this is the true quest, the bigger quest --surrendering to the clay and allowing my sub-conscious to guide me. I spend a lot of time working on my pieces, continually visiting and re-visiting, connecting parts, carving away, playing with all the possibilities...until I arrive at that sweet state of "knowing" that the piece is as it should be. Presently I am privileged to be a clay resident at The Energy Xchange in Burnsville, North Carolina where my work is methane-fired from gases captured from a landfill. Recycling is deep in my nature. I live a life where "nothing is garbage" --- forever exploring found materials, re-interpreting them and incorporating them in both my life and art. All of my pieces are one-of-a-kind. I am not interested in reproduction. I am dedicated to experimentation and celebrate the uniqueness of each creation.