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  • "Warrior Aura in Bloom"

    Handbuilt stoneware, sgraffito through layered pigmented underglaze; multiple firings in oxidation, hand-rubbed cold wax finish

    h:14” (35.6 cm)
    w:9.5” (24.1 cm)
    d:10.5” (26.7 cm)

    2020-2025 (SOLD, Cavin-Morris Gallery)

    640,960
    Not For Sale
  • "Water Song"

    Hand built stoneware, sgraffito through layered underglaze, celadon liner glaze; multiply fired in oxidation, hand-rubbed cold wax finish

    h:11” (27.9 cm)
    w:10.5” (26.7 cm)
    d:9” (22.9 cm)

    2025  (Available. To request information or to purchase, contact Cavin-Morris Gallery)

    640,960
    Not For Sale
  • "Souls Run Deep Like the River"

    Hand built stoneware, sgraffito through layered underglaze, celadon liner glaze; multiply fired in oxidation, hand-rubbed cold wax finish

    h:16” (40.6 cm)
    w:12” (30.5 cm)
    d:10” (25.4 cm)

    2025  (Available. To request information or to purchase, contact Cavin-Morris Gallery)

    480,620
    Not For Sale
  • “The Lightest Touch Teases Its Presence”

    Hand built stoneware, sgraffito through layered underglaze, black matte liner glaze; fired in oxidation

    h:13” (33.03 cm)
    w:10” (25.4 cm)

    2023  (SOLD, Cavin-Morris Gallery)

    692,960
    Not For Sale
  • “Bailey’s Wave”

    Hand built stoneware, sgraffito through layered underglaze, matte liner glaze; hand rubbed beeswax finish

    h:10” x w:11” x d:10”

    2019-2024 (SOLD)

    1152,935
    Not For Sale
  • “Souls Grown Deep”

    From the Solo Works series
    Handbuilt stoneware, sgraffito through layered underglaze, manganese liner glaze; hand-rubbed cold wax finish

    h:16” x w:15” x d:13”

    2023  (Private Collection)

    770,960
    Not For Sale
  • “Song of Moccasins Flower”

    From the Solo Works series
    Handbuilt stoneware, sgraffito through layered underglaze, manganese liner glaze; hand-rubbed cold wax finish

    h:19” x w:10”

    2021  (Private Commission, Cavin-Morris Gallery)

    635,960
    Not For Sale
  • "Gem Beneath The Pine"

    From Solo Works
    Handbuilt stoneware, sgraffito through layered underglaze; hand-rubbed cold wax finish

    h:14” x w:812”

    2019  (Sold, private collection)

    719,960
    Not For Sale
  • “Motionless In The Breeze”

    Hand built stoneware, sgraffito through layered underglaze, hand-rubbed cold wax finish. Read about the process for this work, “In Studio with Melanie Ferguson”, November 2022 edition of New Ceramics magazine

    h:17” x w:11” x d:11”

    2022  (SOLD)

    475,640
    Not For Sale
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    "Kissing Is A Color"

    Hand built stoneware, sgraffito through layered underglaze; Hand-rubbed cold wax finish

    h:12” x w:12”

    2018  (Sold, private collection)

    940,960
    Not For Sale
  • "Fingertips on the Canvas"

    From Solo Works
    Hand built stoneware, sgraffito through layered underglaze, manganese liner glaze; Hand-rubbed cold wax finish

    h: 18.5" x w: 14"

    2016  (Sold, Gallery 873)

    733,960
    Not For Sale
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    "Morning Passage"

    Hand built stoneware, sgraffito through layered underglaze; Hand-rubbed cold wax finish

    h:18” x w:9”

    2018  (Sold, Gallery 873)

    680,960
    Not For Sale
  • “A Heart Aroused"

    Hand built stoneware, sgraffito through layered underglaze; Hand-rubbed cold wax finish

    h:16" x w:17"

    2017  (Sold, Howard/Mandville Gallery)

    900,960
    Not For Sale
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    "Fire and Earth the Essence"

    Hand built stoneware, sgraffito through layered underglaze, manganese liner glaze; Hand-rubbed cold wax finish

    h:21" x w:15"

    2017 (Sold, Tansey Contemporary Santa Fe)

    704,960
    Not For Sale
  • "A Journey Through The Lotus Threads"

    Hand built stoneware, sgraffito through layered underglaze, manganese liner glaze; Hand-rubbed cold wax finish

    h:18" x w:13" x d:10"

    2017  (Sold, Tansy Contemporary Denver)

    747,960
    Not For Sale
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    "My Mood, It Blooms Like Flowers"

    Handbuilt stoneware, underglaze, hand-rubbed beeswax surface finish

    h:19” x w:12”

    2016  (Sold, Tansey Contemporary)

    706,960
    Not For Sale
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    "Weaving Stones From Adam Purple's Garden"

    Handbuilt stoneware, underglaze, hand-rubbed beeswax surface finish

    h:18” x w:15”

    2016  (Sold, Tansey Contemporary)

    807,960
    Not For Sale
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    "A Wild Audacity"

    Handbuilt stoneware, underglaze, hand-rubbed beeswax surface finish

    h:22” x w:15”

    2016  (Sold, Tansey Contemporary)

    702,960
    Not For Sale
  • "By A Freeway, I Confess"

    Handbuilt stoneware, sgraffito through layered underglaze

    h:21” x w:11”

    2012 (Sold, Tansey Contemporary)

    639,960
    Not For Sale
  • "Red-Robed Resonance"

    New, from the Solo Works series.
    Handbuilt stoneware, underglaze, hand-rubbed beeswax finish.

    h:21” x w:15”

    2016  (Sold, Howard/Mandville Gallery)

    686,960
    Not For Sale
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    "A Shiver of Adventure Ripples Through"

    Hand built stoneware, underglaze, glaze

    h: 16.5" x w:10"

    2017 (Sold, Howard/Mandville Gallery)

    681,960
    Not For Sale
  • "The Mystery Between Two"

    Hand built stoneware, sgraffito through layered underglaze over crackle slip topped with terra sigilatta, bronze liner glaze; hand-rubbed beeswax finish.

    h:14” x w:14”

    2017  (Sold, Howard/Mandville Gallery)

    969,960
    Not For Sale
  • "Dark Juniper"

    Hand built stoneware, etched through layered underglaze, hand-rubbed beeswax finish

    h:15” x w:11”

    2014  (Sold, Gallery 873)

    773,960
    Not For Sale
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    "Corazon de Corazones"

    Hand built earthenware, underglaze, hand-rubbed beeswax surface finish

    h:16” x w:12”

    2016  (Sold, Howard/Mandville Gallery)

    827,960
    Not For Sale
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    “Into The Night”
    Hand built stoneware, etched through layered underglaze, hand-rubbed beeswax finish

    h:20.5” x w:11”

    2014  (Sold, Howard/Mandville Gallery)

    629,960
    Not For Sale
  • "Corrina's Dance"

    New, from the Solo Works series
    Hand built stoneware, etched through layered underglaze, hand-rubbed beeswax finish.

    h:21" x w:15”

    2015  (Sold, Howard/Mandville Gallery)

    681,960
    Not For Sale
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    “Poet's Heart”

    Hand-built earthenware, etched through layered underglaze, hand-rubbed beeswax finish.

    h:12” x w:8”

    2015 (Sold, Gallery 873)

    776,960
    Not For Sale
  • "Stand Like A Hummingbird"

    Hand built stoneware, etched through layered underglaze, hand-rubbed beeswax finish

    h:14” x w:7”

    2015  (Sold, Gallery 873)

    651,960
    Not For Sale
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    "Larkin"

    Hand built stoneware, layered underglaze, hand-rubbed beeswax finish

    h:15” x w:9"

    2015  (Sold, Gallery 873)

    722,960
    Not For Sale
  • "Ms. Hollander"

    Hand built stoneware, etched through layered underglaze, hand-rubbed beeswax finish

    h:15” x w:11”

    2014  (Sold, Gallery 873)

    756,960
    Not For Sale
  • "Messages From The River"

    Handbuilt rakuware, coil construction, etched underglaze over terra sigillata

    h:11" x w:8"

    2011   (Sold, Gallery 873)

    673,960
    Not For Sale
  • "Fairburn Loading Dock"

    Handbuilt stoneware, coil construction, etched underglaze

    h:9" x w:6.5"

    2011  (Sold, Gallery 873)

    642,960
    Not For Sale
  • "Blue Waves"

    Hand-built stoneware, sgraffito through layered underglaze, hand-rubbed beeswax finish

    h:20" x w:12"

    2015   (Sold, Cavin-Morris Gallery)

    646,960
    Not For Sale
  • "Canyon Girl"

    Handbuilt stoneware, sgraffito through pigmented slip, hand rubbed beeswax finish

    h:19" x w:15"

    2013-14  (Sold, Cavin-Morris Gallery)

    726,960
    Not For Sale
  • "Surfing The Lotus Threads"

    Handbuilt stoneware, sgraffito through layered underglaze

    h:18" x w:11"

    2013 / 2014  (Sold, Cavin-Morris Gallery)

    665,960
    Not For Sale
  • "Tender Point"

    Handbuilt stoneware, sgraffito through pigmented slip, hand rubbed beeswax finish

    h:19" x w:11"

    2013-14  (Sold, Cavin-Morris Gallery)

    649,960
    Not For Sale
  • "A Simple Gesture"

    Hand built stoneware, etched through layered underglaze, hand-rubbed beeswax finish

    h:13.5” x w:9”

    2014  (Sold, Cavin-Morris Gallery)

    681,960
    Not For Sale
  • "O Fiends of Air and Earth the Essence"

    Handbuilt stoneware, sgraffito through pigmented slip, hand rubbed beeswax finish

    h:15" x w:10"

    2013-14  (Sold, Cavin-Morris Gallery)

    722,960
    Not For Sale
  • "Sweet Sunshower"

    Handbuilt stoneware (coil method), sgraffito, layered underglaze, hand rubbed beeswax finish

    h:10" x w:11"

    2013  (private collection)

    1243,960
    Not For Sale
  • "Lead With Your Heart"

    Handbuilt stoneware, coil construction, etched underglaze

    h:19" x w:10" x d:10"

    2013  (permanent art collection of the Alabama College of Osteopathic Medicine)

    675,960
    Not For Sale
  • "The Core of Engelmann"

    Handbuilt earthenware lidded vessel, Oregon driftwood, coil construction, etched underglaze

    h:13” x w:6”

    2011  Reserved for “Working Women: 36 Contemporary Women Artists” (This work has sold)

    639,960
    Price On Request
  • "Radiant Maze"

    Handbuilt stoneware, coil construction, etched underglaze

    h:17" x w:9"

    2012  (private collection)

    654,960
    Not For Sale
  • "The Ring Master"

    Hand built stoneware, etched through layered underglaze, hand-rubbed beeswax finish

    h:20" x w:10"

    2014  (private collection)

    638,960
    Not For Sale
  • "A Glimmer of Light"

    Handbuilt stonenware, coil construction, etched underglaze

    h:13.5" x w:7"

    2011  (private collection)

    638,960
    Not For Sale
  • "An Evening Hike"

    Handbuilt earthenware, coil construction, etched underglaze

    h:11" x w:7.5"

    2010  (private collection)

    675,960
    Not For Sale
  • "Tracking Issac"

    Handbuilt stoneware, coil construction, etched underglaze over terra sigillata

    h:10" x w:18"

    2012  (private collection)

    831,960
    Not For Sale
  • "It Was A Good Dance"

    Handbuilt stoneware, coil construction, etched underglaze

    November featured work in 2013 Potter's Council Sculptural Calender

    h:17" x w:10"

    2012  (private collection)

    687,960
    Not For Sale
  • "Passion In Nellie's Kitchen"

    Handbuilt stoneware, coil construction, etched underglaze

    h:19" x w:11"

    2011  (private collection)

    685,960
    Not For Sale
  • "Grasshopper's Retreat"

    Handbuilt stoneware, coil construction, etched underglaze over terre sigillata

    h:12" x w:7"

    2011  (private collection)

    660,960
    Not For Sale
  • "Three Sides of Light"

    Handbuilt earthenware, coil construction, etched underglaze

    h:12" x w:8"

    2010  (private collection)

    720,960
    Not For Sale
  • "Gathering Circuits"

    Handbuilt stoneware, coil construction, etched underglaze

    h:18" x w:9"

    2013  (Sold)

    655,960
    Not For Sale
  • "Whispers from the Field"

    Hand built stoneware, sgraffito through layered underglaze, manganese liner glaze; Hand-rubbed cold wax finish

    h:18" x w:16"

    2017  (Sold, Tansey Contemporary Denver)

    796,960
    Not For Sale
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    "A Fever Within"

    Hand built stoneware, sgraffito through layered underglaze, manganese liner glaze; Hand-rubbed cold wax finish

    h:20" x w:15" x d:15"

    2017 (Private Collection)

    753,960
    Not For Sale
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SOLO WORKS

The etched series explores the dance of color and light. Experimenting with methods that layer color on a solid surface which is then etched away from dark to light, this series has evolved to expose complex stories as the color moves in and out over the body of the work, taking on an energy unique to each piece as layers are slowly etched away.
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