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I work in a small shared studio in a business park on the French Broad River in Asheville. I recently renovated and opened a new Cooperative gallery, The Asheville Ceramics Gallery, in the Phil Mechanic Studios building in Asheville’s River Arts District. My functional and sculptural pottery is highly influenced by my natural surroundings of the Blue Ridge Mountains as well as the small city life of Asheville.
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Artist Statement
I began my explorations in clay almost 14 years ago. I was seduced by the material and the wheel, and the idea that I could create something beautiful and useful at the same time. My interest then fell into surface and color, using textural porcelain slips and layered glazes to create bright, flowing, and volatile surfaces. As I have grown and matured in life, my work has followed. I am still fascinated by glaze and surface, but with a higher understanding of form and flow. I am deeply influenced by classical shapes and why and how they were made. I attempt to embrace these studied forms but with a contemporary twist. In my current method of firing in a large two chamber wood kiln, I am exploring the interaction between form and fire; building a relationship in each piece between the function, the surface, and the story of the firing process. Each pot is made and placed in the kiln conscientiously with an expectation and openness. A desire for success, and a pupil’s acceptance of result.
Resumé
Education
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Studio Art (Ceramics), May 2006
Virginian Polytechnic Institute and State University QCA: 3.8/4.0 Ceramic Experience:
Coursework
Workshops:Odyssey Center for the Ceramic Arts
Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN
Jacksonville Center for the Arts, Floyd, VA
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