About

I see things most people walk past.

A run of color in a block of clay. The weight of a stone that wants to be held. I've spent a long time learning to follow that instead of following a trend.

Clay was my first love. Abstract painting was my second, though I don't think the abstract part of me ever really left — it just moved into the jewelry.

I started with busts, moved to pots, and now I work in polymer clay and PMC silver and bronze, which gets fired in a kiln until what's left is solid metal. The abstract shows up in the polymer pieces. The images and half-formed thoughts show up in the silver.

What they have in common is that I don't fully control the outcome. I mix the colors, roll the clay, and it decides the rest. I've never once pulled the same piece out twice — and honestly, that's the part I love. The surprise of it.

Being creative is freeing. It takes you places you'd never have thought to go.

I hope you enjoy these as much as I enjoyed making them. And if one catches your eye, don't fight it. It's meant to be for you.

— Kathy