Cardboard Poems “Design” Unfired clay, cardboard, poetry. 9”x 7” 2026 #poetry #art #clayslip #design

I Ate a Moon Jar by Mistake 2026 Porcelain

It feels uncool, but i really like craft shows, art fairs and farmers’ markets. In person feels more real than ever. Handmade looks like the future if we want to survive. #flasks #art #ceramics

New work. #ceramics #sculpture #art #poetry

Queen Mar Clay on cardboard. Porcelain, stoneware, red iron oxide, black iron oxide. 2026 21”h x 20”l

A few years ago, when I started painting with clay slip on cardboard, I overcame my fear of a blank canvas. don’t have any background in painting, but I wanted to make images quickly and without too much thinking. Cardboard seemed the cheapest and most accessible canvas to use …

Think of the paragraph as a box. Consider the box to be a type of story-telling form. It may seem boring and predictable, efficient, and mundane, but inside each box is a rich complex world of survival, deep struggles, personal obstacles, and persistent doubts.

So long 2025. Make more art and write more poetry.

Early evening.

You don’t have to be an artist or have shown in an art show to make a piece of art. Art is freedom from definitions and the boundaries of expectations. #art #freedom #sculpture #ceramics

Saturday July 12 and Sunday July 13 ACGA Festival, Palo Alto, CA.

Today is the final day of my show of ceramics, painting and poetry. Art transforms the world. War destroys it. I’m grateful to have this experience and immerse myself in another culture. #art #poetry #ceramics #peace

Working in the studio for show at Gallery Telescope in Kyoto. “Wild Things” opens tomorrow.

Making work in Kyoto for my show at Gallery Telescope June 17 to 22nd. #ceramicsculpture #kyoto

Kyoto June 01, 2025 #painting #teapots #kyoto #japan

Murakami-moment in Kyoto. #art #writing #making #catsofbluesky

Home for the next two months. #writing #ceramics #air #kyoto

Studio work. #ceramics #art #writing #poetry #sculpture

Kiln heat. #ceramics #kilns #art

Come write with me in the Catskills this August. I’ll be leading a workshop on writing that is focused on generating work on the page but also reflecting on our work as human beings. See the link in my bio for more description. Message me if you have any questions. I look forward to hearing from all

Last look before I close the kiln door. #art #ceramics #ceramicsculpture #kilns #artistsofbluesky

Work moving forward. #ceramics #art #wip #studio

morning sketches Llama 2025 House paint and ink Paper #llamas # figurative sculpture

Smaller work in the studio. #ceramics #ceramicsculpture #art #writing #poetry #wip

Bringing out the ceramics for hotpot night. #ceramics #pottery #hotpot #donabe #handthrown #ceramicplates #ceramicbowls #friends

We ourselves see in all rivers and oceans. It is the image of the ungraspable phantom of life; and this is the key to it all. — #hermanmelville osmosis #ceramic #whales Front and back side. 8”h 4”d 20”l variable lengths #mobydick #hermanmelville #contemporaryceramics #woodfired #trainkiln

I’m terrible with numbers and measurements but I still managed to get this big piece in the kiln. #ceramics #ceramicsculpture #kilns

Waiting for the boat to appear on the horizon. 2024 Ceramic #woodfired at @cobbartandecology 11”h (3 pieces) #ceramics #sculpture #poetry #writing #contemporaryceramics

I love making bowls. #pottersofblueskies #ceramics #pottery

Wood fired sculpture. 10”h x 14”l x 4”w #art #clay #freeverse #poetry #memory #writing #vincemontague