Following a year’s sabbatical from teaching in 2007 my work changed quite dramatically as I decided to explore porcelain, something I had merely touched on in college and had been disappointed in when given to students to work with .I was drawn to its magical quality of translucency...where it became some substance in-between clay and glass. The magic for me definitely happened when you lit the piece either with a night-light or electric lights. The introduction of low energy bulbs suddenly gave possibilities, for the intense light needed to show up patterns no longer made the structure dangerously hot.
