"My pieces start with a plaster impregnated gauze casting of a friend, someone who's angles and curves have caught my eye at the gym, or a client who's commissioned a piece using a body of their choice. The cast is then reinforced and painted with plaster to eliminate the gauze texture."

"I then roll clay slabs, which I push into the cast to create the actual piece. Coaxing the stiffened piece out of the cast, I continue to manipulate the now semi-hardened clay to obtain the figure I desire. I can texture the surface of the clay before I work it into the cast, or sand afterwards to achieve a desired finish. Once dry, the piece is fired in a traditional kiln."

"I finish my pieces with paint or raku. Raku is a Japanese way of glaze firing the clay in which the piece is removed from the kiln while it is still white hot and then placed into combustible materials. The flames hitting the glaze creates the beautiful metallic flashes of orange, blue, and violet. The fire is then smothered. This process allows for tremendous variation, and the resulting effect is what you see on the finished pieces."