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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Mountain Glory Festival - Marion, NC

Saturday, October 8, 2022
9:00 AM 4:00 PM 09:00 16:00

Downtown Marion 58 Depot Street Marion, NC, 28752 United States (map)

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Marion, North Carolina celebrates the arrival of autumn in the Blue Ridge during their annual Mountain Glory Festival. For 37 years, beautiful downtown Marion has hosted this popular celebration on the 2nd Saturday in October.

Celebrate small-town life in the mountains. Visitors looking for original handmade crafts will find plenty of choices shopping with three jam packed blocks, featuring locally made arts and crafts. Enjoy lots of festival foods and the wide variety of live entertainment, focusing on old time mountain music.

Source:: https://mtngloryfestival.com/