Portfolio > Before the Fork, 2016

My Demon of Consumption
High Fire Stoneware
Approx. 3' tall (with head)
2016
My Demon of Consumption
High Fire Stoneware and Glitter
Approx. 3' tall (with head)
2016
My Demon of Consumption
High Fire Stoneware and Glitter
Approx. 3' tall (with head)
2016
My Demon of Consumption
High Fire Stoneware
Approx. 3' tall (with head)
2016
My Demon of Consumption
High Fire Stoneware
Approx. 3' tall (with head)
2016
My Demon of Consumption
High Fire Stoneware
Approx. 3' tall (with head)
2016
My Demon of Consumption
High Fire Stoneware
Approx. 3' tall (with head)
2016
My Demon of Consumption
Approx. 3' tall (with head)
2016
My Demon of Consumption
High Fire Stoneware
Approx. 3' tall (with head)
2016
My Demon of Consumption
High Fire Stoneware
Jug heads approx. 10-12"
2016
Corn Clown Parade
High Fire Stoneware and Fabric
Installation (figures approx. 12" tall)
2016
Corn Clown Parade
High Fire Stoneware and Fabric
Installation (figures approx. 12" tall)
2016
Corn Clown Parade
High Fire Stoneware and Fabric
Installation (figures approx. 12" tall)
2016
Corn Clown Parade
High Fire Stoneware and Fabric
Installation (figures approx. 12" tall)
2016
Corn Clown Parade
High Fire Stoneware and Fabric
Installation (figures approx. 12" tall)
2016
Corn Clown Parade
High Fire Stoneware and Fabric
Installation (figures approx. 12" tall)
2016
Corn Clown Parade
High Fire Stoneware and Fabric
Installation (figures approx. 12" tall)
2016
Corn Clown Parade
High Fire Stoneware and Fabric
Installation (figures approx. 12" tall)
2016
Reject GMO with jawbone
Raku fired Stoneware
Approx. 9-12" long
2016
Reject GMO (Rooster Weasel)
Raku fired Stoneware
Approx. 9-12" long
2016
Reject GMO detail of Rooster Weasel
Raku fired Stoneware
Approx. 9-12" long
2016
Reject GMO
Raku fired Stoneware
Approx. 9-12" long
2016
Reject GMO
Raku
Approx. 9-12" long
2016
Reject GMO
Raku fired Stoneware
Approx. 9-12" long
2016
Reject GMO
Raku fired Stoneware
Approx. 9-12" long
2016
Reject GMO
Raku fired Stoneware
Approx. 9-12" long
2016
Reject GMO
Raku fired Stoneware
Approx. 9-12" long
2016
Reject GMO
Raku fired Stoneware
Approx. 9-12" long
2017
Reject GMO
Raku fired Stoneware
Approx. 9-12" long
2018
Reject GMO
Raku fired Stoneware
Approx. 9-12" long
2017
Reject GMO
Raku fired Stoneware
Approx. 9-12" long
2016
Reject GMO
Raku fired stoneware
2016
GMO's
Raku
2013
GMO's
Raku
2013
GMO's
Raku
2013
GMO's
Raku
2013
Reject GMO's installation view
Raku fired Stoneware
2016
Reject GMO's installation view
Raku fired Stoneware
2016
Reject GMO's installation view
Raku fired Stoneware
2016
Reject GMO
Stoneware and Translucent Porcelain
20" long
2015
Cheekin Flower (where chicken comes from)
Porcelain and Stoneware
24" X 24" X 24"
2013
Artificial Sweetner
Stoneware and Porcelain
2011
White Meat
Porcelain and Stoneware
2012
Self Portrait
Stoneware (cone 6)
approx. 24" long
2015
Meat Chicken
Stoneware bisque and silk dye
20" long
2012

Often a body of work originates from something whimsical or unexpected that happens in the studio. Sometime around 2010 one of my students made a Raku Taco. I thought a ceramic taco was hilarious, so the students and I started making molds of dozens of various food items, and creating compositions that emulated real plates of food.

Eventually I started using the molds of food items to create fantastical creatures; I called these monsters my 'Reject GMO's.' Again, the first pieces were motivated by sheer whimsy and a desire for humor, but eventually I began to discover that this work was exploring very serious issues.

I am very concerned about what is happening with our food -- how we farm, how we develop new foods, how we process foods, the things we add to our food, what this food is doing to our bodies, and the types of human behaviors that have developed with the contemporary food culture.