BIO:
I first learned ceramic skills in Copenhagen, Denmark at age 16 and I have nurtured a passion for ceramics ever since. I helped found the Clayworks Cooperative in Cleveland Heights, OH, in the 1970's.
In 2003, after retiring as an educator, I resumed my ceramics work both in a home studio and at the ceramics lab of Cleveland State University. I also began studying Japanese flower arranging and hold an Instructor Certificate from the Ohara School of Ikebana www.ohararyu.or.jp . Since 2007, I have been concentrating my ceramics on Ikebana containers and in 2010 I added basketry skills to my container creating. I have been selling nationwide and at Ikebana events since 2010.
Past shows:
~ June 2010, June 2011: Rochester, NY
- Ikebana International (I. I.) chapter 50th anniversary event
~ October 2010: Chicago, IL- North
American Ohara Teachers Association
(NAOTA) conference
~ September 2011: Vienna, VA. -
DC/N. VA Ichiyo School chapter 50th
anniversary event
~ April 2012: Richmond, VA - Ikebana of
Richmond chapter event
~ May 2012: Columbus, OH- I. I. special
chapter event
~ September 2012: Cleveland, OH -
North American Ohara Teachers Assoc.
(NAOTA) conference
~ September 2012: Pittsburg, PA - Ichiyo
School Chapter 35th anniversary event
~ March 2013: Baltimore, MD - Federated
Garden Clubs of MD annual meeting
~ April 2013: Richmond, VA - Ikebana of
Richmond chapter event
~ May 2013: Detroit, MI.- I. I. chapter
event
~ September 2013: Philadelphia, PA - I. I.
chapter event
~ May 2014: Asheville, NC - N. American
regional conference of I. I.
~ February 2015: Naples, FL -
Presentation "Using Baskets in
Ikebana", Ikebana, I. I. chapter event
~ June 2015: Washington, DC/N. VA:
I. I. chapter event
~ August 2016, Cleveland, OH - Ohara
chapter event with Headmaster
~ September 2016: Rochester, NY - I. I.
chapter event
~ November 2018: Boston, MA - I. I.
chapter event
~ Chicago, IL: NAOTA conference