“Why didn’t I see this before? – That my creative life is my deepest prayer.”                    –Sue Monk Kidd

Lately, my work has centered on the mosaic metaphor of creating something new and of value from what has been broken.  My tile collages, often centered on one or more of my handcrafted tiles, are now containing more and more fragments of my own work, that of admired fellow potters, and Goodwill dishes, sometimes collected just to round out the color palette.  A smashing good time can be had in preparing materials, and then I revert to the childhood joy of fitting jigsaw puzzles together – only now I can cheat with the nippers and hammer to get the size and shape I want!  The frames are repurposed finds from the Goodwill, underscoring the recycled nature of the artwork.