Sally’s interest in Japanese culture led her to be a part of a U of MD program in Japan funded by NEA to help write curricula on the subject for Maryland Middle School students. Information learned in this program was the basis for the St. Mary’s College credit course.

Variations on the Raku method remain her favorite working style. “I want to make one-of-a-kind pieces, mostly functional, which I hope will give a little more meaning to the things, often mundane, that we do every day.”

Education and Teaching Experience
BA in Art, The George Washington University with classes at the Corcoran School of Art, Life Drawing at American University and pottery classes at St. Mary’s College of Maryland.  Teaching experience included teaching Continuing Education classes and after-school classes for middle school students in public schools in St. Mary’s County Maryland. Also teaching a 3-credit college art course in the history and practice of Japanese Raku Pottery offered by St. Mary’s College. 

Artist Statement
I hope to share my joy in making and using wheel-thrown and other handmade objects in clay.  I make utilitarian, food-related pottery as well as sculptural decorative ceramics to be used as wall art and that combine clay figurative work with handmade ceramic tiles.  Relating my experience with clay and glazes to the mosaic arts has opened new areas of exploration using a different set of ideas, methods, and materials.