Dreams, imagination and wonder combine to inspire the stories told in these figures. Mostly figurative, with a whimsy and freedom of unexpected combinations. Timely, comments on current events often appear.

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The handbuilt figures are constructed in parts, in series, often with several heads or feet constructed and combined after firing. The forms change as they are constructed, responding to the material and intuition. Figures may join other families, hats might appear and disappear, although surprises are always embraced.

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I never quite know how they will evolve, sometimes one figure ends up on a chair originally planned for another, a red apple falls into the basket upon a surprised head or a head planned for one figure ends up on another torso.

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Each figure generates another possibility, which often shows up in the next. It remains a mystery.