Education:
1995 B.A. St. John’s University, Collegeville, Minnesota
1996 –1997 Apprenticeship at Mark Hewitt Pottery, Pittsboro, North Carolina

Work History:
1998 – 2001, Studio at Northern Clay Center, Minneapolis, MN
2001 – present, Studio in Hudson, Wisconsin

Group Exhibitions:
2002 – American Pottery Festival, Northern Clay Center, Minneapolis, MN


Collections:
Minnesota History Center, St. Paul, Minnesota
Blue Cross Blue Shield, Minnesota
Allina Hospital & Clinics, Minnesota
Park Nicollett, Minnesota
Peregrine Capital Management, Minnesota
Dorsey & Whitney, LLP
March, Inc

Carved Vessels
On some of the carved vessels, Joe has collaborated with Steve Hemingway.

Artist Statement
My work is wheel-thrown and fired in a natural gas soda kiln. I use both porcelain and stoneware clay and fire to 1300 degrees celsius. I formulate my own glazes and intentionally decorate my work while pursuing the unexpected results of a soda firing. Although I produce a variety of work, my passion and area of interest is in producing large-scale vases and jars, (3-6 feet in height). Large forms are spectacular canvas on which to show the organic beauty of soda-fired clay. I am always trying to create vessels that are timeless. I want them to at once to reference the past and yet seem to be very modern. I am influenced by both the pre-modern Chinese and Japanese ceramics and at the same time modern abstract painting.