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In my experience I achieve set goals by dedication and persistence. By working within parameters I gain: discipline in studio practice, consistency of sculptural forms, and evaluative criteria for which to assess the outcomes. The parameters are set by the materials, methodologies and explorations between tradition and innovation. I strive to create a new perception in the possibilities of form and the tectonics of the ceramic medium for the arts and industry. Visual references derive from both nature and products of human artifice. I am intensely exploring the vast depth of the entirety of a three dimensional object and its occupied space. In the investigation I have been driven to achieve excellence in the resolutions of both positive and negative spaces occupied by the object. I am focused on articulating implied, gestural and fixed lines throughout the entirety of the space. When examining these formal qualities of ceramic objects there are many technical questions and challenges that arise. What are the physical limitations of clay as the chosen material? Of these limits, what alterations can be done for innovation to take place? What methods and combinations of mold construction and hand built techniques must one explore? With any chosen method of construction, is simplification or complication of form more effective to display these relationships? At what point does one decide between designs dictated by structural necessity vs. that of visual pleasure? |