This series of funerary urns began during the COVID-19 pandemic. My parents had died and we needed to hold their ashes until we could gather for a memorial. The forms and decoration are inspired by the arts and crafts of Asia and Polynesia.
"Temple Urn," white stoneware, wood salt and soda fired 11 inches tall
"Memento Mori" Stoneware Wood fired 11" Private Collection
Stoneware Wood fired 12" Private Collection
Stoneware Wood fired 14" Private collection
Stoneware Wood fired 14" H
"Sleeping with the Fishes" Thrown and handbuilt stoneware, 12" H, fired in wood, salt and soda
Stoneware and elk horn, Private collection
"Mau'i's Fishhook" Stoneware Wood fired 10" Private Collection
"Frog Urn," stoneware, 11 inches tall