My traditional ceramics are wheel-thrown porcelain pieces, fired with crystalline glazes. By carefully balancing glaze chemistry, firing schedules, and kiln technology, I grow intricate, two-dimensional crystals on the surfaces of my vessels. These forms, often functional in reference, feature swelled profiles with narrow openings, providing a smooth and elegant canvas for crystal growth. Elements like handles, lugs, and spouts are digitally designed, 3D printed, slip-cast, and meticulously finished to appear handmade, all while considering the glaze's fluidity at extreme temperature reaching 2350°F. I challenge the material by pushing the clay to its structural limits, creating dynamic pots that expand from narrow to wide. To better understand glaze science and the specific glaze science of my own work, I have spent the past two years engineering a custom kiln and camera system capable of capturing full-color video and imagery from within the kiln at temperatures as high as 2100°F.