Functional + Beautiful ceramics.

As a primarily functional potter, I concern myself first and foremost with the use to which a piece will be put. Secondly, I am interested in the interactions between a piece of work and the person using it. In my view, a piece of functional ceramics cannot be truly appreciated except when it is being handled and used. It is easy enough to make a vessel to contain fluid or food, but the piece is not truly completed until it is incorporated as a part of the owner’s life; perhaps it is a bowl in a serving set which is only brought out on special occasions or a favorite mug that they drink out of every morning (or forget in the car for weeks on end). In any case, what the artist's work has begun the user finishes by their interaction with the piece.