My time spent in Jingdezhen, China, the birthplace of porcelain, first directed my energies toward this material. It was there, experiencing porcelain’s smooth textures and radiating color, that I was seduced. Today I explore balancing porcelain’s strength with its fragility, pushing the limits of a material that has 1000 years of memories. Door County’s recently established sister city relationship with Jingdezhen gives my work added dimension. It connects me to the previous millennia of porcelain artists and craftsman who came before. I do not feel constrained by their traditions, but buoyed, by an unbroken chain of artists, each supporting the next to new heights of creative expression.