Paul Nash is a Professor of Ceramic Art at Windward Community College in Kāneʻohe, and a Studio Ceramic Artist."I use several different themes in my ceramic forms. The forms are either functional - bowls, vases and bottles, or ceramic sculpture - platters, fertility forms and bullet forms. My main interest is the Stoneware High Fire Reduction process. I like the look and feel of the stoneware clay and the glazes that evolved out of China.I enjoy all aspects of ceramics - preparing the clay, making the clay forms, and firing the kilns. I fire my pieces in the Wood Burning Firing, the Soda Firing, or the Reduction Firing kiln.I am trying to achieve a relationship and balance of space and form.There is also the matching of the glazes to the ceramic form. This process actually starts as soon as I make the clay form in the plastic greenware stage. The relationship of all these components needs to come together to create art.As an Art Educator in Ceramics, my main emphasis is to work in clay along with my students. This gives the students a greater awareness of the skills, techniques, and the amount of time needed to create art."