Tasha throws on the potter’s wheel and uses slabs of clay to create her work.  The artist then adds a little something extra, a bird, tiny bowl, ginkgo leaves, flowers, etc. Tasha began her career as a potter’s assistant at the age of 16, in Mathews County Virginia.  She later studied at Longwood College and received her B.A. in studio art Mary Washington College.  Tasha started her current line of work at the Penland School of Craft in North Carolina.

“My clay work is intended to be useful; this is art that is meant to be touched. In the past everything we used in our home was made by hand. Today our homes are filled with stuff stamped out by machines - when we seek out handmade art we make our surroundings a little more human.”