Media: Clay, Music

Media: Yummy Mud Puddle

Address: 264 Clear View Lane

City: Burnsville

State: NC

Zip: 28714

Phone: 828-682-6567

Email: yummymud@verizon.net

Web: www.yummymudpuddle.com

Artist Statement:
Living on 10 acres on a dirt road in a dry county inspires my work. I have been a potter for over 30 years and just don't know any better. I have worked with electric kilns for most of my potting career, but when my genius artist husband, John Richards, and I moved to the hills of North Carolina I was able to have a gas fired kiln which was built by Tracy Dotson of Penland. This has allowed me to use the palette of blues and greens I have always loved with the addition of the warm tones of soft orange that gas firing gives the work. At this stage I am also experimenting with subdued pinks and and a more vivid color of turquoise. The possibilities are boundless and opening the kiln is always a treat. I'm a graduate of UNC-G and a former student of Charles Counts.

When not making functional stoneware and porcelain, I play with the band, Hot Duck Soup.