My pieces start on the wheel. I also work in several different kinds of clay from red stoneware, to speckled stoneware, to several different kinds of porcelain.

Once a piece has been taken off the wheel, it must dry until it's "leather hard." This stage allows me to sculpt my piece, add a handle, legs, or other additions to make it unique. I also add fine details I want in the clay at this stage.

Every piece gets bisque (or biscuit fired) to a cone 04-05. This make a firm, but fragile, porous body that accepts glaze easily. This is where pieces get their color and their tags.

While I'm waiting for pieces to come out of the kiln, I begin fine tuning how I want the exterior finish to appear.

Glazing my pieces takes longer than I'd like and although it is where the entire vision comes together, its often my least favorite part of the process due to how much time it takes. However, the results are undeniable and when I finally get to the last step, applying graffiti, I start to get excited.

In this fire, we melt the glaze into the pot, fuzing everything together and fully vitrify the pieces or making the ceramic into stone via heat. I fire to a cone 5 or a cone 6 which translates to about 2,330 degrees Fahrenheit.

Some pieces require a second glazing, where I add additional details and they go back into the fire. Other pieces get precious metals like gold or platinum added to their surfaces to enhance the exterior decoration.

This firing is usually a cone 019 which is quite cool for pottery but is still a balmy 1,213 degrees.

I do a lot of sanding and polishing after everything is fired for a smooth surface that is a delight to experience. This takes about as much time as my glazing takes.