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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
My experiences and environment are reflected in the shapes and surfaces I create. My original inspiration continues to drive forward through a passionate relationship with the materials I use.
I not only continue to search for new ideas outside the studio, but also to push the existing boundaries of what my clay and hands can do in the studio.
Life and nature are beautiful, inspiring, unpredictable, and steadfast. I hope to express this same character throughout my work with clay.
I not only continue to search for new ideas outside the studio, but also to push the existing boundaries of what my clay and hands can do in the studio.
Life and nature are beautiful, inspiring, unpredictable, and steadfast. I hope to express this same character throughout my work with clay.
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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