Education

  • BA Studio Art / Ceramics Focus, Cal Poly Humboldt, 2016.

Experience

  • Ceramic artist at Fox Creek Pottery, Port Townsend, WA

  • Instructor at The Potter’s Guild, Port Townsend, WA.

  • Studio Technician and teacher at The Fire Arts Center, Arcata, CA

  • Clay Club Director at Arcata Elementary School, Arcata, CA

  • Shop Firing Team at Humboldt State University , Arcata, CA

Teaching Experience

  • Beginning Wheel Throwing

  • Intermediate Wheel Throwing

  • Alternative Throwing Techniques

  • Handmade Additions to Thrown Forms

  • Creative Hand Building

  • Throwing, Pinching, Coiling, Carving


Woodfire Crew Involvement 

  • Seabeck catenary arch wood/soda

  • Thomas Fossier anagama

  • Flynn Creek Pottery anagama

  • Frost and Fire anagama and woodsalt fastfire

  • Aum Albion anagama

  • Conrad Calimpong anagama and wood/salt

  • Dave Zdrazil anagama + midrange chimney chamber

  • College of the Redwoods 2 chamber wood + wood/soda kiln

  • Pigeon Point Artisans fast-fire wood kiln

  • Blue Ox anagama 


Gas Kilns

  • The Fire Arts Center 3 downdraft shop kilns 

  • HSU shop updraft and Geil downdraft 

  • HSU downdraft soda kiln

  • Raku kilns


Kiln Building and Maintenance

  • Wood/Salt sprung arch kiln

  • Old Updraft conversion to a downdraft

  • Maintaining on shop electric kilns at The Fire Arts Center 


Residency Experience

  • Alchemy Arts Center, San Juan Island, WA.

  • Resident artist at Driving Creek Pottery, Coromandel NZ


 Selected Exhibitions

  • “Pour” A collection of contemporary American teaware artisans, Puerh Brooklyn, Brooklyn, NY.

  • “Stone Belly of Leaves” Collection Exhibition and Hidden Peak Teahouse, Santa Cruz CA

  • Gongfu Cha: Celebration in Tea”  Lane Community College, Euguen OR

  • “Deep Steep” Solo Exhibition at The Sanctuary, Arcata CA

  • North Coast Open Studios 2018, Arcata CA

  • Piece displayed in “Glass Case” honor box, HSU Art Hall, Arcata CA

  • Select pieces displayed in Morris Graves Museum, Eureka CA 

  • “Or Does It Explode” Group Exhibition Foyer Gallery, Arcata CA

  • 424 Gallery Eureka, CA

  • “Annual Teapot Show” HSU, Arcata CA. 2014, 2015, 2016


Awards

  • First Place Honor Victor Jakoby Award in Ceramics 2015  

  • “The Laundry Award” in Ceramics HSU, Arcata CA

  • Senior Exhibition, Best in Show” HSU, Arcata CA