New red clay - first firing!
So exciting to open the kiln - it's like Xmas morning!!
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I’ve had a love affair with clay for 30 years (my husband’s says he’s not jealous…!) Since art school, clay has been the most versatile medium around. I’ve done gallery installations, designed fireplaces, built life-size figures, and created numerous portrait sculptures (including David Suzuki as a gnome!) It’s just recently I’ve come up against this over-whelming urge – to use clay to for useful objects! The act of making a mug or bowl, that someone will hold and caress has introduced me to a whole new world of delight. (What my pottery friends have known all along!) I’ve discovered that making useful items holds the same resonance as creating a complicated sculpture. It is in the intimate act of creation that I can transmit my same reasons for art-making . Viva la CLAY! -- Here's to the next 30 years!
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