This exhibition of collected images, texts and objects is an effort to offer a unique insight into the character of each included artist. Through the combination of written reflection, photographs and representative objects from each of these artist’s unique kilns, a portrait is created. Not a biography or history, but an active and current lens through which we can maybe take a closer look into the inner workings of the artist.
A kiln, to a potter, is like a period to a sentence: it punctuates and defines all of the work that comes before its role is called. The decision that each artist makes, or is afforded, to engage with a kiln can be a personal and deeply defining part of their identity as it relates to their process, work and person.
The writings in this collection allow each artist to speak to that, their images lend a visual to that narrative, and the artworks are a celebration of their respective efforts and individual approaches to living a life in clay.
The sharing of stories and the exchange of ideas is central to family, community and growth. It is a human mechanism for teaching, inspiring, remembering and developing and it is my hope that the insights, images and objects provided by each of these artists can serve to be a small part of that tradition.
