OGHAM TREES

​Ogham (pronounced OH-am) is an ancient alphabet used by the Irish as well as the Picts and the Welsh.  It is often called the Celtic Tree alphabet because each letter is assigned a tree name.  As off shoot of my ceramic works using Pictish symbols I started making tree trunks with Ogham letters carved into each one and usually with some meaning related to the piece.

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GREEN MEN

​From the Green Man faces found in many Christian churches throughout Europe to J. R. R. Tolkien's Ents from Lord of the Rings  man has always found, or made, a connection with nature.  These are six ceramic works in a series of Tree Faces where I found that connection.