I was carving images on the surfaces of pots almost from the beginning, but I didn’t start penetrating the walls until the early 1980s, when I conceived of vases with various designs carved right through. The idea carried on to bowls and teapots.

net, 1981, carved porcelain, 32 cm h, tan glaze, ∆10.  (❋)

spiral climb vase, 1981, carved porcelain, 32 cm diameter, white glaze, ∆10.

dogwood vase 1, 1981, carved porcelain, 32 cm h, white glaze, ∆10.

dogwood II, vase,1981, carved porcelain, 24 cm h, white glaze, ∆10.

canada goose vase, 1996, carved porcelain, 29 cm h, celadon glaze, ∆10.

4 seasons – spring (side 1), 1993, carved porcelain, 26 cm d, celadon glaze, ∆10.

4 seasons – summer (side 2), 1993, carved porcelain, 26 cm d, celadon glaze, ∆10.

4 seasons – autumn (side 3), 1993, carved porcelain, 26 cm d, celadon glaze, ∆10.

4 seasons – winter (side 4), 1993, carved porcelain, 26 cm d, celadon glaze, ∆10.

conversations, 1993, carved porcelain, 28 cm h, celadon glaze, ∆10.

the long trek of buffalo bull, 1996, carved porcelain, 36 cm d, celadon glaze, ∆10.

snake bowl, 1993, carved porcelain, 29 cm d, white glaze, ∆10.

spirit bowl (side one), 1994, carved porcelain, 31 cm d, white glaze, ∆10.

spirit bowl (side 2), 1994, carved porcelain, 31 cm d, white glaze, ∆10.

dripsody, 1994, carved porcelain, 27 cm d, celadon glaze, ∆10.

windows, 1994, carved porcelain, 30 cm diameter, celadon glaze, ∆10.

Escher fish. 1993, carved porcelain, 25 cm d, celadon glaze, ∆10.

rattlesnakes, 1993, carved porcelain, 24 cm d, celadon glaze, ∆10.

cages I (side one), 1994, carved porcelain, 32 cm d, celadon glaze, ∆10.

cages one (side two), 1994, carved porcelain, 32 cm d, celadon glaze, ∆10.

cages two, (side one), 1994, carved porcelain, 28 cm d, celadon glaze, ∆10.

cages two, (side two)1994, carved porcelain, 28 cm d, celadon glaze, ∆10.

fish & figures, teapot, 1995, carved porcelain, 35 cm high, celadon glaze, ∆10.

snake teapot, 1995, carved porcelain, 30 cm high, white base glaze, green and gold brushed on, ∆10.

looping snakes teapot, 1995, porcelain 30 cm h, carved, celadon glaze, ∆10.

wild rose teapot, 1995, carved porcelain, 34 cm high, white glaze, ∆10.

winter trees teapot, 1995, carved porcelain, 33 cm high, celadon glaze, ∆10.

butterfly teapot, 1995, carved porcelain, 29 cm h, celadon glaze, ∆10.