Pots from France- Collection No. 7

This collection is an extension of a series that I began last year back home. These forms were smaller (I did have to consider how to bring them home), but I believe that their impact is as monumental as my larger forms of the past year. These pieces and I traveled throughout Provence, Le Luberon, and the Cote d’Azur together over the past couple of weeks.

Studio Notes-

• Made in Vallauris, France during my Artist Residency
• Hand-Thrown with Stoneware Clay
• Pieces range from 10" in diameter and 5" height to 10" in diameter and 8" height. As photographed, this collection of pieces is approximately 30" wide and 14" in depth
• Unglazed / Unglazed with Porcelain Slip

My artist statement from the exhibition in Vallauris-

For most of my lifetime of working with clay I have focused on the details of the functional object. I arrived in Vallauris with the intention of exploring a new body of work. I also knew that I had to use the time here to find space for myself outside of the studio.

This collection, while devoid of function, draws from the objects I have made throughout my life. The methods are familiar– Each piece begins on the wheel. The clay itself, a distant relative of my porcelain back home, offers a stark contrast to the refined surface of my previous work. Creating these forms was always meant to be the beginning.

Taking the time to see the world beyond my studio walls became the driving force of my time here. I wanted to bring this work with me into the world and make that exploration part of my creative process. My world is expanding and I wanted my work to join me on this new path.