Headshot courtesy of Buatti-Ramos Photography

I have been making artwork for as long as I can remember. Growing up in my mom's pottery studio, Duck Creek Pottery, I learned at an early age how to turn clay into whatever I wanted it to be, such as pizzas, snowmen and birds. After patient instruction from my mom, around age five I was able to make discernible items and began selling my work at my mom's craft shows.

Art continued to be a very important part of my life throughout high school & college at UNC Chapel Hill. Study abroad in Florence, Italy my senior year of college gave my art a profound new dimension. I also have a passion for archaeology and graduated with a BFA in art concentrating in clay sculpture and a second major in anthropology concentrating in archaeology. I worked full time in an art gallery in Chapel Hill for four years after college and loved every minute of it!

I currently live in Durham, NC with my cats, Luna and Cleo. I was the studio director at an internationally known portrait photography studio for almost 8 years and learned a ton of invaluable info about photography and business! I was also the office manager at a soap and candle making supply company, and have had a great time incorporating candles and soaps into my clay work. I am currently the operations manager at BioSkryb Genomics, a startup single-cell amplification company with brand new cutting-edge technology, and love that we are helping progress science towards finding cures and better treatments for cancer as well as a host of other diseases and applications.

I love having a clay jewelry/sculpture, painting, apparel design, headshot, and nature photography business in my spare time and I sell my work at local shows, on Fine Art America, Etsy, and here on my website.

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Carolina Clay Matters Pottery Festival

Saturday, May 13, 2017
10:00 AM 4:00 PM 10:00 16:00

8300 Monroe Rd Charlotte USA (map)

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This FREE outdoor festival, held on the grounds of an old dairy farm and small orchard, hosts more than 60 local North and South Carolina potters. You will see a wide variety of pottery made of many different types of clay and selling at a range of price points. The selection of hand-made pottery includes dinnerware, decorative pieces, sculpture, planters, whimsical bird houses and much more. Meet with the artists and learn how they make their pieces.