My first eighteen years were spent in western Washington, with a wonderful family in a fabulous setting.

I graduated from Duke University in 1970 with a BA in anthropology. Two years later I began studying pottery with Joanne Edelson in New York City. From September, 1975 through June, 1976, I apprenticed with Sally Silberberg in Plainfield, Massachusetts. I also took part in workshops with Karen Karnes, Bruno LaVerdiere and Byron Temple.

My studio was in Garrison, New York, from 1976 until 1996. I worked full time as a potter, participating in twelve to fifteen craft shows each year, including Peters Valley, Lyndhurst, Columbus Avenue, Lincoln Center, WBAI, and the Green Meadow Ceramics Invitational. I also filled many special orders, both retail and wholesale. During those years, I worked alone in my studio surrounded by beautiful New York woods.

I have now been a dozen years in Texas, one third of my pottery career. This vibrant, active and generous clay community has been a source of exploration, growth and camaraderie.

In the middle of 2008, I find myself with two studios: for my wheel and functional work at ClayWays (where I have been for 12 years) and at Cone 10 for hand-building. Even as my focus has expanded, I am seeking more definition and refinement in my work. Working with coils, the scale is larger, the pieces looser; with slabs-smaller and tighter. And always there is the wheel-the core of my work, the medium for most of my inspiration.