NO. 01-02
Cornwall Tapestry

Named for the English countryside the Hildreths immigrated from in the 1800s, Cornwall Tapestry is a botanical rhythm of brushstrokes within contained boundaries, hand-painted in the standard blue of traditional English china.

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NO. 03
Samford Tapestry

Samford is named for an avenue that runs east to west in Auburn, and for the high school mascot (which is, unsurprisingly, a tiger). The Samford Tapestry is a weaving of stripes, forming leaves, tigers, and florals applied through traditional sgraffito.

NO. 04-05
Montevallo Tapestry

Both my mother and her mother have a great love of gardens, of which I have inherited. Montevallo is named for where my mother grew up, and where my grandmother still resides with her rose garden. “Tapestry” consists of hand-painted florals patterned wildly or hemmed in with borders.

NO. 06
Various

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NO. 07
Montevallo Pine

One of the few trinkets that made their way to me after my father’s mother passed are a small set of trumpeted brass vases. The halo of marks on the vases mimicked the boughs of a longleaf pine — a favorite of mine, and an evergreen of the Southern landscape.

The fine, tapered etching quickly found their way into the clay, in ribbons at first (like the small cream vase in No. 06), then refined into the final set pattern applied in reverse sgraffito.

NO. 08-09
Montevallo Tapestry

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NO. 10-11
Celadon Pine / Celadon Tapestry

Variations of other styles, the Celadons are named for the jade finish — a glaze that originates from ancient China. Both translate hand-painted patterns into etchings that become deep ravines for the glaze during firing.