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"Urns", 
Wheel-thrown stoneware clay ,high-fired in a reduction atmosphere.

There are certain practical considerations for a funerary urn. Stoneware clay is particularly well suited, as it is completely water-proof and unaffected by the caustic quality of ash. The urns that I have made were designed with a lid that sheds water, should they be interred, and with handles and a knob to wire the lid in place so that it is secure. For those who wish to retain a small amount of ashes separately, there are “keepsake urns” which accompany each. The most ornate of my urns, the green and white, was inspired by a Sung Dynasty funerary urn in the collection of the Albright-Knox Gallery in Buffalo, NY.

I have always been what you could call “devoted to function,” i.e. I want my pots to be used rather than decorative, contemplated. It occurs to me that it would be the ultimate honour to have an urn that I had made chosen by someone to contain the ashes of their loved-one. This is the thought that brought me to Grave Goods.