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Lori & Lissa, eternal mascot of
Crazy Green Studios
About
my pottery: I make functional and decorative pottery, tiles and specialty pieces. In Asheville, NC, you can find and purchase my work at Echo Gallery at Biltmore Park, where I am a member/owner. Samples of functional serviceware and tiles are available for purchase or to help you make an order. If you check this link for galleries & retail, you'll find other galleries and businesses that carry my work. I take commissions for serviceware, custom tile work, gift registries, commemorative and funerary pieces, branded corporate gifts and awards.
My work is mostly on the wheel, with some hand building and tiles are all hand cut and carved. All pieces are made with non-toxic and lead-free clay and glazes, and are food, dishwasher and oven safe.
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Artist
Statement: I understand better what
I can see and touch, and I am drawn to art and functional ware
that makes me want to touch it. To hold
a piece of hand crafted work and see how it feels, how it might feel when I use it, and
if it feels like it belongs in my hands. In my own work, it
is textures, both tactile and visual, that
I look to create. This could be a surface texture on functional
ware that catches the glaze just so, or brushwork and layered glazes that catch your eye just so
. I
make the pots that I want to touch, and watching how other
people are drawn to the pieces gives me more motivation and
inspiration. What draws them visually, what they want to touch,
how they hold
a pot.
It's nice to see people slow down and actually
get the feel of a piece and even begin a relationship with
it. When you stop to think about the piece you're using,
you may take more time to think about how it's used, and the
quality of what goes in it. And when you stop to realize the
care and attention that went into making it, you may stop to
pay
that
same attention
in other areas of your life. I know the feeling of enjoying
hand crafted work in my home every
day,
and it pleases me greatly to know my work may hold a similar
place in other homes, and that I can be a part of someone else's relationship with hand crafted pottery
. It makes me eager to get back in the
studio and get my hands dirty
again.
My history in clay: My informal studies
include digging clay from stream beds at a young age
to make 'art', most
of which was then hurled at friends while still wet. After
a thirty year interval that included career diversions
in cooking,
theatre,
corporate stuff and inn keeping, I found my way back to the
clay. I began more formal studies at Hinckley
Pottery studios
in Washington DC in 2001, benefiting greatly
from
the variety
of teachers and students there but most importantly from
my studies with Jill
Hinckley. Work at this studio consisted mainly of concentrating
on wheel techniques, cone 10 reduction and raku
firings. After about 4 1/2 years there, which included a
teaching apprenticeship
with Jill,
I
relocated
to western North Carolina to pursue more studies and experiences
in clay and in life. In September 2008 I completed a two-year Resident Artist program at Odyssey
Studios, where I was able to work with a variety
of very talented artists and teaching potters in class and in studio, further developing my
own work as a potter and teacher. In September 2008 I opened Crazy Green Studios, where I made my own work and worked with new and developing potters in an open studio format that invigorated me and my desire to work and teach in this very dynamic medium. Challenging economics have forced me to scale down to a studio for just myself, with plans to return to a working and teaching studio format as soon as possible.
 See Lori in an excerpt from a new documentary at 'OurNextThing.com'
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