The Process

I always knew I wanted to have a blogging page when I got to the long awaited day I would have a website for my work. There is so much to say, and nothing at all. Leaving it here to be lost or found seems like a good way to accomplish both.

There are countless aspects of a creative life. So many thoughts looking to be expressed, words seeking a page. I keep most of these musings to myself. Some are fleeting, and some stay with me for day or years to be developed. If I cross paths with an other person who shares an understanding, these words spill out of me. It is like an uncontrollable sentience, excited to receive a new audience. It leaves me feeling a release, an elevated energy, a gratitude for connection, and bashful that I talked someone’s ear off.

So here we are, at the start of the “Process” page. Here I will share thoughts about my ceramic process: sourcing, techniques, firing, selling…

However this process goes far beyond clay. Our process is our history. It is the steps we took and the barriers we have over come. It is the dance between our curiosity and inspiration that expands our minds. It is a practice. It harnesses that growing creativity into a habit, which sculpts into a creative life. We learn, tinker, and refine with materials to physically process our experiences into a product. And with a product, our process is our future. It transcends the piece when it is received by others. It connects maker to collector, like stitches that knit together community. When it inspires the life of others, its influence becomes immeasurable.

The process is more than I will ever be able to encapsulate with words. As words limit most extraordinary things. But I can try.