Patricia’s ceramic forms fall into the functional category, but the function intended by the artist is not always obvious. Her ball vases are beautiful examples of what fire, smoke and an experienced ceramicist can do to clay in a kiln. However, the opening on top is barely able to accommodate a pencil. The form is left to stand on its own, which it does quite well anyway. Likewise, her stacking, multi-colored bowls are certainly capable of serving breakfast cereal, but it’s far more enjoyable to play with them. People handling Patricia’s work enjoy re-arranging them, mix and matching colors, and placing them in eye-pleasing ways around the room. In this way, Patricia has re-thought and therefore re-assigned the functions of her functional pottery. With so many smoke effects and gorgeous colors, there’s certainly something from Patricia for everyone to play with.