Ceramic artist & object maker · Astoria, Oregon

Useful objects,
made slowly.

Wheel-thrown stoneware shaped by working harbors, tide lines, and the quiet evidence of the hand.

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A ceramic artist shaping a vessel at the pottery wheel
At the wheel · winter studio, 2026

Now takingtwo private commissions for autumn 2026

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Selected objects · 2024—26

Made for the hand,
the table, and the room.

One-off vessels, small tableware runs, and site-responsive groupings. Select an object to read its material story and current availability.

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Object story

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Studio statement

“The best object is never finished by looking. It asks for a hand, a table, a room, and time.”

I make quiet, useful ceramics that hold onto their materials: coarse local clay, ash from windfall alder, iron washed downriver. Finger marks stay. Glaze breaks at the rim. Repetition is allowed to remain imperfect.

How the work is made
Clay-covered hands centering a vessel on a pottery wheel
Centering a small salt-line form

The studio rhythm

Earth, pressure,
patience, fire.

  1. 01

    Find the material

    Clay bodies begin with a job: restaurant service, daily use, or a form that only needs to hold space. Local stoneware is blended for tooth, strength, and color.

  2. 02

    Leave the hand in it

    Every piece is thrown or built in short runs. Rims are compressed, feet are trimmed, and the small variations that prove a person made it are kept.

  3. 03

    Let the kiln answer

    Ash, iron, salt, and flame finish the surface. The result is edited hard: only objects with the right weight and presence leave the studio.

Find the work in person

Stockists &
upcoming rooms

The studio opens by appointment on the second Saturday of each month. Small releases are announced first through the studio note.

Astoria, OR

Low Tide Gallery

Salt Line vessels · ongoing

Portland, OR

Fieldwork Objects

Morning Set · seasonal drops

Seattle, WA

Room / Material

Group exhibition · Nov 7—30

Astoria, OR

Open Studio

Second Saturday · 11—4

Commissions · collaborations · trade

Have a place
in mind?

I take a small number of private, gallery, and hospitality commissions each year. Tell me what the objects need to do and where they will live; material and form can follow.

Private objects
from $320
Tableware sets
from $680
Hospitality & installation
quoted by scope

Demo form — try it. A real portfolio would deliver this structured brief to the artist.