A hobby farm turned studio. For many years I have dreamed of teaching classes to curious people.
Janet has a Master of Arts degree in Ceramic Arts from Hood College in Frederick, MD, and is a ceramics instructor at VisArts at Rockville, in Rockville, MD, where she keeps imagination alive with youngsters of all ages. She is on the Board of the Potters’ Guild of Frederick and sells her work in their Frederick, Maryland Gallery.
ARTIST STATEMENT
The substance of my imagination….Where my adventures began. Long ago and far away I was a kid with daily quests. My siblings and I scoured the universe and the depths of the oceans for our next adventure, without ever leaving the yard. My work has reference to the joy, innocence, and exuberance of my childhood. It is a tribute to the parents that allowed and encouraged creative play, to my children with whom I followed suit, and to my grandchildren who now embrace their own grand adventures.
Teaching leads me into my own adventure with all the firing methods at my disposal, wood, gas, soda, electric and Raku. The particular aesthetic of each of these methods allows the images to march, gallop, dance and slither out of the layers of clays and glazes like mist and clouds and sunshine. Image transfer techniques and modern technology make it possible to replicate fluidly the carefree drawings of childhood. This is the stuff of imagination! On a good day, the drawbridge is lowered and I am invited into the adventure!
