I am a maker, inspired to try new ideas and mediums, intrigued to engineer, to build, to create.  I work with wool, silk, paper and various plant fibers, and clay.  I am inspired by the world around me, both physical and emotional.  My work tends toward simple, with an emphasis on shape, texture and an elegance of line. 

I grew up watching the women in my family create, and it was natural to learn to sew, knit and do needlework.  I have been making things ever since.  I received my BA in Music at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill.  A classically trained violist, with significant dance training, most of my artistic life was spent performing. An arm injury meant that I couldn’t practice and play enough; I went to work on Wall Street.  After a career in finance and technology, raising two children and a plethora of volunteer roles, I turned my focus to creating – an urge that had taken a back seat over several decades.  

I discovered felting in 2017, after seeing felt wearables at a local arts festival.  Taken by the luxurious colors and textures, I have come to understand this medium as a wonderful combination of art, engineering, craft and magic. I love the physicality of the felting process, the lack of control as the piece melds together and shrinks, the inherent textures.

Along the way, I decided that I wanted to try working in a “smooth” medium and I enrolled in a ceramics class.  I was hooked!  Making pottery is every bit as challenging, and frustrating, as felting – so much can go wrong along the way.  But, there is nothing quite like getting your hands muddy and having the kiln gods smile down upon you.

My work is occasionally juried into shows, and is privately placed across the United States and Europe.