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CAIRNS

Curated collections from ventures to my private slice of the Buffalo River where rocks collect and wash away with nature's ebb and flow. This area is considered the Western Highland Rim of TN.

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POTTERY

Handcraft is quite special in a world of mass produced objects. My skills as a graphic designer are evident in my one-of-a-kind pieces from the shapes to the glazes which are also unique each firing.

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WELLNESS

Get down to earth with my collection of natural handmade products to connect you to the outdoors no matter where you are now from smudge sticks to hand poured soy- based candles.

Residing on a swath of land in what is called the Western Highland Rim of Tennessee including a lovely section of the Buffalo Riverbed where the bluff wall makes the water turn depositing new rocks every storm (and taking some away), I have become an avid rock collector - especially flat rocks. The collections here are curated from my explorations.

“Rock balancing can be a performance art, a spectacle, or a devotion, depending upon the interpretation by its audience. Essentially, it involves placing some combination of rock or stone arrangements which requires patience and sensitivity to generate, and which appear to be physically impossible while actually being only highly improbable... Rock balancing has also been described as a type of problem solving, and some artists consider it as a skill in awareness.”

*TENNESSEE*

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ROCKS SHOP

ROCKS SHOP

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CLAY SHOP

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FOREST SHOP

I used to be a graphic design professor, but I'm on my own now in rural mid-south Tennessee where I strive every day to enjoy the natural surroundings of a very special place. Turning towards nature and hand-craft as a personal life strategy also encompasses my drive to be an arts entrepreneur creating with earth/clay and curating unique natural objects from this land so that you can bring the outside into your interior sanctuary. I still design if the project is right and I still teach remotely as an occasional adjunct as well as a one-on-one design coach.

ABOUT VAL

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