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"While in Japan during my husband's tour of military duty, I often had the opportunity to observe many Japanese potters at work. This initial exposure to professional potters implanted in me a fascination for the process of turning a lump of mud into a useful vessel. This fascination, in turn, led me to take pottery classes whenever possible at the local school and the "Y".
Later, when I between jobs (I was trained as an Urban Planner and have worked for the City of New York), I found myself spending more and more time at the local pottery studio and less and less time job hunting. Inevitably pottery won out. After serving as an assistant to the instructors at this studio, I began to produce and sell my own work. In due course I set up my own production studio, but to this day, I continue to improve my skills by taking workshops with master potters here in New York City and elsewhere in the country. |
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In recent years my interest has shifted from making smooth, round, symmetrical pots to exploring the potential inherent in clay that is pushed, pulled, thrown, coiled, rolled, stretched, textured cut and assembled into any form, any shape, limited only by my skill and imagination. My recent work reflects these explorations and my evolving response to the challenges they pose." BACKROUND AND CERAMIC EDUCATION
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