HOMEWARE
porcelain clay, thrown and hand-built
Flour scooped from a bin, a match struck for a candle, a sweet set down in front of someone. None of it started with me. The gestures are old, and common, and I make the thing they happen with.
Porcelain clay, thrown on the wheel or built by hand. The finish changes from piece to piece: slip, underglaze, glaze, or bare unglazed porcelain, the glazed and unglazed surfaces set against each other for the surprise of it. Not as a rule, just often. Color runs through the clay in some, sits painted on the surface in others. The marks stay simple: lines, dots, circles, one small alphabet, rearranged.
cupcake stands
wheel-thrown, hand-built base
A small raised stage. It lifts one thing up to be looked at: a cupcake, a fig, a single candle. Made in several series, from carousel stripes to a plain unglazed dot.
scoops
hand-built from slab
match strikers
wheel-thrown, layered clay knob
The striking surface hides under the lid. Lift it, strike, set it back. The knob is a stack of colored clay, and the matches inside are chosen to match.
Whatever the bin holds, this is the hand for it: flour, coffee, sugar, salt, grain. Hand-built from a slab of porcelain, some with a striped handle and a leather cord to hang it by. The palette grows as I make them.
plates
underglaze transfer, hand-built
Six inches across, black figures printed under a clear glaze. The drawings come from a Latin idea about bread and spectacle, a whole small cast of them, and more join as I make them.