The desert “My work is a little chromophobic — it’s almost exclusively just the stoneware and the white speckles, though I’ve slowly introduced blue, a reference to the vast blue sky of the desert. I also like desert tones in reference to sunsets and gradients, those pinks and purples; it isn’t so apparent in my work, but I’m trying to figure out a way it can be. I’m slowly introducing black, blue, and a few other colors — until everything goes crazy and I start using every color again once my forms are perfect.”