My ten year career in ceramics focused on modifying the hammer and anvil technique to produce large pinch-pots from up to 8-pound balls of clay. Building a custom one-person raku kiln allowed the work to remain stationary while going into reduction.
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Having grown weary of the environmental impact of ceramics, I now produce abstract digital art. This footprint is more comfortable, and I can still create exquisitely crafted pieces by hand.

Additional information in the following publications detail my ceramic process and raku kiln:
​Raku. Mathieson, John. London: A & C Black. 2002.
Creative Ideas for Clay Artists: A Collection of Articles from Ceramics Monthly. Westerville, Ohio:  ACS. 2001.
In Pursuit of Form, Ceramics Monthly, September, 1998: 50-54.