Ceramic Art

Item Description

Large Serving Bowl

Ceramic

4"H x 13"diameter

Lori Theriault: 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.

Heather Tinnaro:Born and raised in the Tampa Bay area to an artistic and inquisitive family, Heather was well poised from early on to become an artist and maker of useful things.  Ever in the mud, often up a tree, always near the water, her unique perspective grew from a love of and life spent out of doors.  After an education at Loyola New Orleans and other institutions, Heather became the kiln and glaze tech at the St. Petersburg Clay Company in St. Petersburg, Florida.  SPCC boasts the largest complement of kilns on the eastern seaboard.  While there, she had the pleasure and advantage to work with some of the modern ceramic greats such as Don Reitz, Don Bendel, David Smith, Mackenzie Smith, and Bede Clark. Upon leaving St. Pete, it was her great fortune to become a studio assistant and kiln tender at Odyssey Center for Ceramic Arts in Asheville, NC., where she continued to study with some of the ?nest ceramic artists in the country. Heather lives in Kenilworth with her daughter, Sadie, two large dogs, and one beleaguered cat. 

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