 I
have been designing pottery since the early 1970’s. At
the end of 2001, after twenty years of designing and producing
pottery (see History/Archives), I closed my production
facility in Elgin, IL and began designing for B.I.A.
Cordon Bleu of S. San Francisco, CA.
With the exception of a number of Crate & Barrel exclusives,
this is the collection of white porcelain dinnerware, serveware,
and tabletop accessories I created for them.
I believe that good design is "tributary" in both
senses of the word: it pays tribute to, reveres, that which
inspires us, drawing upon the essence of a body of work or
a style without simply imitating: and in designing something
new, one creates a small tributary stream that feeds, along
with other "streams" of thought, into a larger
flow of ideas that may, ultimately, define a new style, a new
movement.
If there is an underlying theme, a design "theory," in
my work, it is the desire to find within each piece, each form,
its essence; to create an object that imparts a simplicity and
a humility that bring a sense of beauty and serenity to any environment.
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