CARPENTER POTTERY
HANDMADE SALT-FIRED
CERAMICS
In 1996, I came to the Asheville area to get an education. I was schooled in Fine Arts at The University of North Carolina at Asheville, with a concentration in ceramics. I graduated in 2000 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Ceramic Arts. I have since made my home and studio here and started a family.
As a studio potter, I work
diligently to make well-crafted wares for everyday people.
It’s seemingly less about the “ritual of the table” and more about
respecting a long tradition of craftsmen before me and discovering my own voice.
As a contemporary potter, I often look to past traditions for
inspiration. I’m interested in
folk pottery of many origins. My native state of North Carolina, of course,
offers a deep well of talented potters, both folk and contemporary, to look
towards for inspiration.
Simplicity in form offers a broad surface for me to embellish with lines, patterns, and drawings. Before I was introduced to the ceramics arts, I did a fair amount of illustration before and during art school. The combination of three-dimensional forms and two-dimensional drawings was a natural fusion of both my love of drawing and pottery, art and craft. It is my intention to bring together clear and abstract markings to engage the viewer to look closely at how design relates to the form of the pot.
current resume updated August 28, 2008
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