metal is clay

The Cracks Are How The Dark Gets Out (detail)

Additional—over-head—view of the porcelain vessel on my “About” page. Complex pinching and forming processes allow micro-cracks to form...

Medium Porcelain Vase

Pinched porcelain vase, unglazed exterior, clear liner glaze. Fired to cone 10 in oxidation. Height: 22.2cm. Vase form inspired by...

Three (Of A Kind)

Sculptural porcelain vessel. Pinched and hand-built, unglazed. Fired to cone 10 in oxidation. Height: 26.3 cm. Inspired by the muses, from...

She #1

She #1. Sculptural form. Pinched and hand-built, unglazed Southern Ice porcelain. Fired to cone 10 in oxidation. Height: 25 cm. Memory...

Run (detail)

Portrait study—detail. Repoussé and chasing on brass. Panel is installed on a clear acrylic and brass wire museum-style stand. Overall...

Turbulence: Shield Series

Abstract chasing study. Shown at the end of one round of repoussé and chasing, while still mounted on black chaser's pitch. Bronze...

Lily #1 (detail)

Floral study, pendant. Made by repoussé and chasing with hand-made, steel punches. Sterling silver (925) with 14k rose gold rivet detail...

Zap Kapow Flower (detail)

Plum blossom, floral study, pendant. Made by repoussé and chasing with hand-made, steel punches. Fine silver (999), with 3mm diamond set in...

Plum Blossom

Floral study, pendant. Made by repoussé and chasing with hand-made, steel punches. Sterling silver (925) with 14k yellow gold rivet detail...

From The Heart (detail)

Sculptural form. Pinched and hand-built, unglazed Southern Ice porcelain. Fired to cone 10 in oxidation. For Fenestrations pieces, the...

Looking For Home

Sculptural form. Pinched and hand-built, unglazed Southern Ice porcelain. Fired to cone 10 in oxidation. Internal details and surfaces are...

She #2 (detail)

Sculptural form. Pinched and hand-built, unglazed Southern Ice porcelain. Fired to cone 10 in oxidation. Height: 21.7 cm. This piece...

Concrete & Graffiti

Sterling silver cocktail ring, with 25 carat quartz. Constructed. Inspired by brutalist architecture and the much-loved graffiti...

Badlands

Men’s wedding band, chased and carved 14k rose gold seamless band. Hand-engraved with dedication and makers chop. Design inspired by...

Fire In The Belly (detail)

Collaborative project: hand-built wood-fired porcelain jar by @robindupontceramics (www.robindupontceramics.com) with brass and bronze...

All About Iris (detail)

One of three sculptural metal petals in a wall-mounted sculpture. Made with traditional metal-smithing techniques of hammer-forming...

Umbilicus

Interactive porcelain sculpture. Height 21.7 cm. Thoroughfare for nutrients in the womb, portal for surgery, vestigial organ…a journey...

It's About The Heart, Obviously. (Detail)

Porcelain sculpture, hand-built. Viewed from above. Height 32 cm. From the ‘Fenestrations Series’, on-going body of work.

Swerve (detail)

Porcelain vessel, with modelled rim and intensely textured surface. Mostly unglazed exterior, with blue decoration on the exterior (not...

Large Porcelain Vase

Pinched and hand-built. Unglazed exterior, clear liner glaze. Height 28 cm. Vases offer me an endless opportunity to develop form in clay...

Medium Porcelain Vase

Pinched and hand-built. Yellow glaze, ash glaze drools. Height 20.6 cm.

Plum Blossom Hoard

Some of the 596 unique, individually chased and repousséd bronze flowers that I created for a one of a kind architectural screen, for a...

Plum Blossom Screen (detail)

Designed and built with Cory Barkman (corybarkman.com). Architectural panel with hand-carved walnut, powder-coated aluminium, and 44...

In Dreams (installation view)

My equine hero is In Dreams, the foal is Looking Back: a young horse learning about life in the herd. I don’t know what horses dream of...