Hey, I've got a life outside pottery just like the next guy. I like to think those things I do to restore my soul also influence my work. I hope my family is as much an inspiration to my pottery as it is a motivation. Life needs to be lived outside the studio and then somehow the best parts come back and find their way into the art.

I am married to the lovely Rebecca Bringgold Erickson. We have two children, Andrew & Anna. I also have two wonderful older married daughters, Sarah and her husband Mike & Britta and her husband Aaron and a granddaughter, Afton.

This spring I have been building up a bike for my son-in-law, Mike. Ive stripped down a (Schwinn?) frame and repainted it red with a slightly darker red lace pattern on the fork blades, top, seat and down tubes. The rear stays seamed to be stainless steel so I polished them up with steel wool and gave them a clear coat along with the rest of the bike. Some of the parts I have from other bike projects, some I found on the internet and the chain and freewheel are new

Last winter the side project was to rebuild my touring bike (even new paint!) and tune up the family's bikes. Ok, my tune up stand is a decomissioned wind trainer mounted on a old microwave table, but it works. Heres to some family rides.

a previous project was to get Andy & Anna out on the Hobie 16. The fact that refurbished hulls were stored in the garage ( for the last two summers) and the trailer was in a state of total disrepair were the biggest problems. On a July evening Andy and I sailed it from Bayport to Stillwater and back for a nice dinner cruise.