In the summer of 2023, I began working at Pleasant Hill Pottery, in Oregon, as artist in residence.

During our time in Utah my wife Lauren and I had two girls (well, she did most of the work). Juniper is the eldest and Flora is the youngest. They keep me as busy as the pottery and I love them and Lauren soooo much.

After my apprenticeship, in 2018, I worked in potteries in England and Thailand. In 2019, I did a residency at the Shigaraki Cultural Park in Japan, and followed this with a residency at the North Carolina Pottery Center in Seagrove.

Over the past few years, I’ve become more interested in using local wild materials in my craft. This begins with the clay. In North Carolina, I began mixing my own clay and also experimenting with local rocks to make glazes.

In 2020, I began the MFA program in ceramics at Utah State University in Logan, Utah. Over three years there, I studied glaze chemistry using local materials. I took geology classes, which helped me focus my research. My thesis show was titled “Tea time with the Devil”; it showcased four glazes made primarily with one local granite from Devil’s Playground in northwestern Utah. Here’s an article I wrote about it if you want to delve deeper!

In the summer of 2023, I began working at Pleasant Hill Pottery, in Oregon, as artist in residence.

During our time in Utah my wife Lauren and I had two girls (well, she did most of the work). Juniper is the eldest and Flora is the youngest. They keep me as busy as the pottery and I love them and Lauren soooo much.