A "love-hate" relationship was my beginning with clay as an art medium. I have worked with wood, metal, and film, mediums that cooperated by producing predictable outcomes; clay provided an enigma. It just wouldn't do what I expected, and I've come to love that unpredictability. Opening a kiln now still yields the wonder and excitement that I experienced years ago. Clay allows me to explore both the functional and nonfunctional, to interpret nature's designs I see while hiking, biking and kayaking.