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I have a Bachelor of Fine
Arts Degree from Fairleigh Dickenson University, Madison, NJ and I also am a
graduate of the Newark School of Fine & Industrial Arts in Newark, NJ. I
have worked in various advertising agencies in NJ, NY, NV, and NC since graduating
and have done quite a bit of freelance work.
My time now is devoted to my ceramics studio, Mad
Ceramics, and teaching
ceramics at Ellis Park in Spencer NC. We purchased the
studio in September of 1989 after returning from England where my
husband had been stationed in the Air Force. Jeff, my husband makes our slip and
I do most of the pouring, cleaning, firing, painting and teaching.
I have authored over 40 articles for various ceramic industry magazines
including: Ceramics, Popular Ceramics, Ceramic Arts & Crafts, and Fired Arts
& Crafts, and have had four of my articles appear on the covers. I have also
won numerous awards in Ceramic Competitions in NJ, UK, NC and SC, including 5
"Peggy's" and the "Master's" award in June of 2011.
I have always loved horses and took the first step in creating this web site: Horseramics, in England when I painted my first horse plate in 1984. I
have been custom painting horses ever since. I have recently been commissioned
to paint cats & dogs and decided to include
all pets and
companion animals in my product line, see Commissioned
Work.
Click
to enlarge photos:
We have two horses, a Friesian Sport Horse, and a Kentucky Mountain Horse and four cats along with a bunch of chickens! We love to trail ride and I
have learned how to "Drive" our Friesian
mare. We entered our first competition October,
2005 at Oak Hill in Lexington, VA and she won Reserve Champion her first time
showing and only three years old! I've got the show bug bad now! September
2007 she won Champion Driving Horse at the CCC Show in Tryon.
In 2009 she won Reserve Champion Obstacles.
At the present time I am very involved
(Secretary/Newsletter editor) with a driving club in our area called Whips and Wheels Driving
Club. I am also on the Board of Directors of
Sauratown Trails Association, a group that has worked with landowners in Stokes
and Surry counties to create a 32 mile long trail on private land that connects two
state parks, Pilot Mountain and Hanging Rock State Parks.
Member
of: Sauratown Trails Association
www.sauratowntrails.org
Secretary of:
www.whipsandwheelsdrivingclub.org
Carolina
Carriage Club http://www.CarolinaCarriageClub.com
I.C.A. International Ceramics Association www.ceramic-ica.org
MAD
Ceramics www.MadCeramics.com
Other
Links: North
Carolina Horse Council www.nchorsecouncil.com
H.E.R.O. Horse Education & Rescue Organization www.heroequinerescue.org
Central Carolina
Driving Club www.snowcamp.org
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