As a young woman, my studies in Cultural Anthropology encouraged my lifelong desire to travel and experience life in different cultures. I have always been drawn to art and dance, and I am intrigued by the way different groups of people interact with nature and animals, and how they use these things in their art forms. My own art is heavily influenced by my travels, by animals and nature, and by my love of swimming and dancing.

I began formally studying art in 1986. In the mid 1990's I began studying hand built ceramics with Ishmael Soto, from whom I learned a technique that incorporated drawing and sculpture. I have used that technique ever since.

The dual-mold technique involves sculpting a design in bas relief and making a plaster press mold of the design. From this mold I can make an unlimited number of clay tiles, which I arrange on a structural form of my design to make a unique vessel.

Each of my pieces is glazed using a process I have perfected over several years of experimentation. I use glazes that run during the firing process, which produces a somewhat unpredictable result. The motion of the glaze mirrors and complements the flashing from the fire, and generates a sense of movement in each of my pieces. When I reuse a vessel mold, I vary the design within it, or I change the slab placement. By using these variations in conjunction with unpredictable glaze technique, each piece is unique,