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My
desire to live and work in relationship to others is integral to my work
as a functional potter. I imagine that everything I make will find a place
in someone's life.
My work is about refinement. It is about honing in on
the essential. I look at the way that nature creates -- the connection
between trunk and branch, stem and fruit, the way the petals of a flower
unfurl. Could there be a better way to complete the human hand than the
precise fit between skin and nail?
In my quest for clear and elegant solutions to form
and function, I try to override my intellectual reaction; perfection is
a trap I have encountered. Instead, I judge my work by trusting my physical
response. When someone I love walks into the room there is a bodily felt
sensation. When the pot is right, a sense of warmth and excitement comes
through.
I want my work to offer a safe haven. After a long and
hectic day you finally arrive. Someone waits -- attentive, tending, considerate,
concerned. There is a slow exhale.
You're home.
| education |
MFA Ceramics
New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University, Alfred, NY |
1993 |
BFA Ceramics
Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, Missouri |
1991 |
| Additional study, Jingdezhen Ceramic Institute, Jiangxi, P.R. China |
1996 |
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| academic experience |
Associate Professor,
School of Art, Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, LA
Clarece Harp Lyles Endowed Professorship in Ceramic Arts |
2005 - Present |
Assistant Professor,
School of Art, Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, LA,. |
1999 - 2005 |
Visiting Assistant Professor,
Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA |
1998 |
Resident Potter,
Vermont State Craft Center, Middlebury, VT |
1993 - 1997 |
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| exhibitions |
| Ladies in White, Goodall Gallery, Louisville, KY |
2007 |
| The Kansas City Pot Revisited, Mellwood Arts Center, Louisville, KY |
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| Made in Clay, Greenwich House Pottery, New York, NY |
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| La Mesa, Santa Fe Clay/NCECA, Louisville, KY |
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| Raise a Cup for Art, Shelburne Craft Center, Shelburne, VT |
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| Art of the Pot, Clayways Studio and Gallery, Austin, TX |
2006 |
| Approaches to Utility: Ceramic Invitational, Columbus State University, Columbus, GA |
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8 Fluid Ounces II, Louisiana State University Gallery,
Baton Rouge, LA |
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Mentor/Mentored, Rock Creek Gallery, Portland Community College,
Portland, OR |
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| La Mesa, Santa Fe Clay/NCECA, Portland, OR |
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| Made in Clay, Greenwich House Pottery, New York, NY |
2005 |
| Drinking Vessels, ZENCLAY Gallery, Morgantown, WV |
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| 8 Women - 8 Perspectives, Red Star Studios, Kansas City, MO |
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| Recent Work - Anne Kittrell Gallery, Fayetteville, AR |
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| White, Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe, NM |
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| White on White, Sub-Basement Art Studios, Baltimore, MD |
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| Porcelain, Frohring Art Gallery, Hiram College, Hiram, OH |
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| White on White, Elaine Jacob Gallery, Detroit, MI |
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