About Bri

I am a full time artist and mother making wheel thrown pottery adorned with colorful clays and hand drawn imagery.

In 2013 I earned a BFA from the University of Wisconsin-River Falls, majoring in ceramics under Randy Johnston and originally studying primarily wood firings.

In 2018 I moved to Providence, Rhode Island to start a two year long residency at The Steel Yard where I shifted my focus from atmospheric firings to electric firings. In 2020, I moved across the border to Connecticut to help my husband’s family while still continuing to work in Providence, RI. After my residency, I currently have a studio located in the Nicholson File Artist Community and a small studio space at home.

When not working in the studio you can find me hiking and biking the outdoors, knitting with hand dyed yarn or playing D&D with my friends.

Artist Statement

I create whimsical, cozy art that brings joy to peoples lives. My work focuses on narratives and scenes found in neighborhoods - both the home and outdoors - bringing us closer together through illustrations.

I decorate all over the pots, leaving no inch undrawn, even on the bottoms of each pot. I create both repeating images of birds and nature as well as narrative imagery. Stories are drawn on pots, expressing memories and feelings related to my own childhood and raising my 3 year old daughter. 

These narrative pots are rooted in nostalgia and solidify these moments in parenthood and childhood that are both formative and also easily forgotten. Cats are one of the perfect animals to express these stories as they are expressive, fun and there is a deep history of “cats doing things” in art. The bird pots are inspired by the birds around me, expressing not only my love of these creatures but also the joys of birdwatching with my daughter. 

Each pot is a love letter to our natural world, childhood nostalgia and making new memories with the ones we love. 

The Studio

Each piece is made and fired at my studio in the Nicholson File Artist Community located in the Valley Arts District in Providence, RI. We are a collective of artists working in a re-purposed boiler room building formerly used by the Nicholson File Co. Our members include woodworkers, metal workers, ceramic artists, sculptors, illustrators, painters, graphic designers, jewelers, printmakers and film editors.