Kathleen Totter received her MA in Ceramics from Kent State University. Totter has participated in numerous workshops in the ceramics, as well as in paper, fiber, sculpture, and computer graphics. A sense of spirituality infuses her Raku, paper, and fiber works. Totter’s deep concern with man’s inability to maintain nature’s virgin forests, water and air has recently become a focus of her work. She senses a spiritual cry from Mother Earth to heal her gaping wounds and to help balance life’s eternal cycle. Using earthy materials, Totter sees a mystical link between man and nature. In executing her handmade paper, Totter uses the Oriental method of breaking down the plant fibers by cooking them, then beating them to form textural sheets. Sometimes fibers are left in their natural form; others are treated with bleach, dye, or pigment.