I love Maureen's work. We own a lot of her pottery. When I was in NH I attended NH Institute of Art, I never had her as a teacher, but she was/is head of the ceramics department... and yes, her suface design book is fabulous!
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Lori Keenan Watts (aka me) is a potter, gardener, and avid reader from Augusta, Maine. Though I started my university education in surface design for fabric, clay quickly grabbed me by the heart and redirected my creative impulses. I have been a potter for over 25 years -- hard to believe. The most valuable years of my ceramic education were spent in graduate study at Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville, under the tutalage of Dan Anderson and Paul Dresang.
My aesthetic is guided by my love of the material itself. What fascinates me and makes a pot compelling for me is the clay-ness of clay: the squooshiness that becomes the adamantine solidity. I also like patterns, unexpected proportions, and when the flame comes along and dissolves part of my careful decorating efforts! I am obstinate about this aesthetic, to a point which might be called pig-headed, but hey, if you don't like what you make, why bother?
My happy little family also includes my husband, musician and photographer (and author of the book Alewife) Doug Watts; five cats; and a turtle, all foundlings and rescues of one stripe or another.
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great finds, I really like the colours and swirls on the last piece there
I love Maureen's work. We own a lot of her pottery. When I was in NH I attended NH Institute of Art, I never had her as a teacher, but she was/is head of the ceramics department... and yes, her suface design book is fabulous!
Thanks for the tip Lori! I've been looking for a good book on surface design.
Thanks for the tip Lori! I've been looking for a good book on surface design.
That's a great book!
...and I'm not just saying that because I have two photos of my work in there. :) Look for me on pages 127 and 140!
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