As an artist working in fused glass for 25 years, my work focused on figures in states of everyday life, mostly dancing.  Over time, the call to translate the figures into 3 dimensions just became louder and louder to the point that I couldn't ignore it anymore.  Glass, although magical and beautiful, does not easily lend itself to that direction.  So I decided to wander away. Clay has an entirely different feel and mechanic, yet it seems natural to me.  All the ideas of humanity, the wanderings of my mind, the sentimental and silly that have been filling my sketchbooks for years give me an unending fountain of inspiration.  The figures come out the way they come out.  Often the name I started with changes as their personalities evolve.  It is a freeing journey that I find myself on.  Making a change can be scary but this has seemed the perfect time and fit.