I will be leading a 5 day workshop at Buchanan Arts from 9-1 each day. We will work on sculpting the head and shoulders at about 3/4 scale. we will hollow build the head and shoulders separately, then put them together in a gesture that lends itself to the narrative and mood of the piece you want to create (with possible abstracted additions!) We will spend time sketching the features (eyes, nose, mouth, and ears) before we start on the heads. I will also spend time talking about my surface process. Bring your visions, and be ready to get messy, to breakdown sticking points in your process, and and makes something real that tells a story.

If the weather looks fairly good ( no prediction of heavy storms), I will be back at the Magic City Art Connection in Birmingham for the first time in many years! This was always one of my favorite shows in years past, so if you are in the area, come on out!

I have 2 pieces in this show which highlights some of the area’s clay organizations.

3 Day Workshop- I will guide you through my process of hollow building the head and shoulders and sculpting the features. Go to Mudpuddle Pottery to get all the details, and sign up! Limited to 8 students.

My piece “New Home” will part of this beautiful exhibition at the Folk Art Center in Asheville, NC

“Head and Shoulders” 6 week class for adults happening on my back patio adjacent to my studio in East Nashville. This will be once a week on Sunday evenings from 6-8:30 pm, starting August 28- October 2. We will spend the first 4 weeks building a hollow form head and shoulders figure, and the last 2 weeks working on surfaces. You will come away with a completed form. I only have space for 5 students, so please email me if you are interested. Price is $250 (This is an introductory price as this is my first go at this, in this setting. It will likely be $325 if I do it again in the spring.) I’m excited to deepen my relationship with people who also feel connected to clay!

This will be my first actual solo gallery show! I am very excited and honored to have it in such a beautiful location. The Appalachian Center for Craft is part of Tennessee Tech University and is in a gorgeous wooded setting in Smithville, Tn- about an hour’s drive east from Nashville. There will be 12 wall sculptures surrounding 2 central figures. I am devoting all of my studio time from Oct. 2021- July 2022 to the work for this show. If you are able, please make time to venture out and see it.