My Work

My work is made with porcelain and stoneware and is organic in nature. To achieve these forms I throw pieces on the potter's wheel and then alter them while they are still very soft. Some are decorated with clay "paint" called slip, some are glazed. To enhance these forms, I fire them in my salt kiln which produces a rich depth of surface. I love making functional forms: bowls, vases, bottles and plates. I like knowing that someone enjoys their morning coffee from one of my mugs!

The garden ornaments are my latest work. I am an avid gardener and have always enjoyed decorating my garden just as I do my home. The birds are painted with designs based on the head-markings of actual birds. The salt-fired surface of these pieces is especially at home in the landscape.

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Garden ornaments
Salt-fired Stoneware
Porcelain

Garden Bird

15" across
Thrown and altered stoneware with slip decoration
Based on markings of a Harris Sparrow

Bird Bath

6" x 6" x 10" long
Slab built

Toad House

12" x 12" high
Thrown and altered with additions and slip decoration

Garden Fish

12" long
Thrown and altered with additions and slip decoration

Frog

9" Tall
Thrown and altered with additions
Decorated with sponged engobes

Bird Mug

6" tall
Thrown and altered with slip decoration

Bird Mugs

Mugs made for the family and friends of Anita Cox

Small Bottles

Tallest 4"

Sugar and Creamer with Tray

4" tall
Glazed

Peacock Vase

7" tall
Thrown, altered, joined with additions
Decorated with engobes

Bottles

8" tall
Glazed with crystalline glaze

Green Boat

5" high x 4" wide x 11" long
Thrown and assembled with slip decoration

Vase

10" tall
Thrown and altered stoneware and glazed

Flat Oval Bottle

6" x 6" x 10" long
Thrown and assembled with slip decoration

Vase

10" tall
Glazed with crystalline glaze