Robert’s work is inspired by ancient Jomon pottery. He and his wife, Christine, live on a former dairy farm in a mountain valley of Bristol, Vermont. The barn serves as his studio and the 19th century farmhouse is both showroom and home. In the early 1990’s, Robert built a variety of kilns at the studio. From 1993 until 2006, potters from around the world attended workshops at Robert and Christine’s home. Robert throws each piece of stoneware or porcelain individually and has experimented with many types of kilns and firing, including wood, raku, salt, pit, gas, and a Japanese style kiln with two chambers.