Splitting Hares

This work represents a memory's duplication of life's rare and beautiful moments.


Living in close proximity to the Rocky Mountains I am in amazement by the sheer immensity of the landcape and am humbled by
the smallest creatures living within. Occasionally I catch a glimpse of something out of the ordinary, an animal with unusual posture or behaviour. I commit that moment to memory with the intention of recreating what I've witnessed later in studio.

I work with clay because for me, it is most appropriate: what better medium to express nature than with earth itself? Primarily using stoneware clay I sculpt each subject by hand and carve in the finer details. They are mounted atop a vessel, which serves the same purpose a picture frame does for a photograph. The vessels are surfaced with glazes formulated for their organic appearance. The figures however, are covered in a thick envelope of matte glaze, signifying that which is now just a distant memory.