Blue Heron with Weeping Willow handmade mug As a species we have

As a species we have taken extreme lengths to alter our environments

This piece was fired twice to encourage glaze run

the piece is moving as it is to me

and also creates movement for the viewer walking by or observing

Blue Heron with Weeping Willow handmade mug As a species we haveBlue herons are a special sight I love watching them stalk, moving one leg, their body seemingly still, then the other leg as they stalk through the shallows, before plunging for a fish, so quickly you thought you missed it. I've observed these here in the midwest, but also in my childhood in Ithaca NY, with it's iconic weeping willows gracing the edge of Cayuga Lake, and this is where I have imagined them for this mug. This piece was created from a