Mike is a production potter based in Lawrence, KS and makes wood-fired tableware for restaurant and home use. His interest in ceramics developed out of his experience using clay in straw bale and adobe building projects. Beginning with chef Vaughn Good's Lawrence restaurant, Hank Charcuterie and continuing on to his Kansas City venture Fox and Pearl, Mike's work is featured in several regional and national eateries. His two day firings end with a prolonged period of cooling in reduction. Glazed and colored only by the atmosphere of the kiln, each piece is finished by hand polishing.