MK: In my very early work, I began to draw still-life scenery across groupings of several vessels to create many suggested perspectives and surreal space on top of the real space of the dimensional vessels. I would do this without models, drawings, or plans, just an idea that grew as I worked. I build raw porcelain forms and paint much of the work black with terra sigillata. With very fine tools, I begin to etch and draw and remove the dark to bring the various parts of the narrative to life.
My later work, while incorporating much of what I learned from making the earlier Still-Life Vessels uses birds and animals for the human stories that I want to tell. I like the power that art has when it tells stories, and my narratives are personal, from history, and from what I observe around me.