Hi! I’m Ish.

I have a great love for the the natural world and the world of literature. They are very present in my ceramic work—whether in the animals of fairytales and myths, or in my Annie-Dillard-like explorations of my own wild backyard in the Colorado mountains. These elements combine to make patterns of color and design on the ceramic canvas of my work.

Making art is my homage to what I hold dear—to the inherent beauty in the world. It is both a discovery of myself in the world and also something that is more than my hand, more than the sum of its parts.

And of course, I can’t leave out the smidge of tongue-in-cheek thrown in. What’s a full life without a good laugh?!