My vessel abstractions reflect the belief that the container form is a potent emblem of human culture. I am striving to encode these objects with metaphorical meaning and emotional powers. Specifically, the intention is to construct vessel compositions that are imbued with the sensibility of ritual and embrace the spirit of reverence. Aesthetic sustenance is drawn from archaic container prototypes. Further depictions of age, antiquity, history and time passage are infused by employing certain ceramic surfaces. These suggest weather eroded stone, patinaed metal and fire imprinted clay. Sometimes other materials such as iron, glass, bronze or wood are introduced to support the dialogue. Ultimately,this work is an attempt to meet the seemingly mundane vessel-object into a sacred entity.