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On exhibit at Prosser Public Library:
February - March 2010
Ceramics by Avis Akers Cherichetti &
Linda
Yurasevecz
Artist's statements:
Fairy door by Avis Akers Cherichetti
Avis Akers Cherichetti
www.honeyhillpottery.us
31 Barn Door Hills Road
Granby, CT 06035
860-841-8675
Avis has been an
active potter for 30 years, exploring various
ceramic techniques. Studying pottery at Stetson
University in
1961, she realized that was the way she wanted to
spend her
time. She participates in numerous workshops and
classes
annually, continuing her adventure in clay. She has
made hand
built pots and pots on the potter's wheel. She's
fired pots in
electric, gas and oil fueled kilns as well as pits,
saggars and
trash cans. Says Avis, "As I continue to design and
refine the
objects that I make, I find a rhythm and joy in
life."
If one word could
describe her work it would be the word
"Diverse" -- That includes work as well as studio
spaces.
Some pots are meant to be used and some pots are
nonfunctional. Avis makes pots for birds and flowers
and pots
for people and pets. Some pots are for decorating
homes.
Any of these pots might be high temperature fired
stoneware
or lower temperature fired Raku or Saggar pieces.
Diversity in the
creative environment is very much part of the
process. Avis has a studio at home at Honey Hill
Farm in
Granby, CT. She also participates in a pottery
cooperative
called Expressions Pottery Workshop in E. Granby,
CT.,
where she teaches adult classes.
Avis participates
annually in Granby Artists Open Studios,
Granby, CT. She exhibits weekly at the Simsbury
Community
Farmers Market in Simsbury, CT, from June until
October.
She was awarded a 2002 Individual Artist Fellowship
from
the Greater Hartford Arts Council, Hartford, CT and
received
the the Teddy Goberis Award for Excellence in
Ceramics –
2008 Norwich Arts Council, Norwich, CT. Her work
is
represented in the permanent collection of the
Slater Museum
in Norwich, CT.
Pot by Linda Yurasevecz
Linda
Yurasevecz
56 Copper Hill
Road
Granby, CT 06035
860 653-3601
I have been
enthralled by art as far back as I can remember,
but my journey into the realm of ceramics is just
beginning to
take a direction.
It was at my
daughter’s request that I signed up for my first
pottery class in West Hartford in 1998. They needed
another
student in order to be able to hold the class.
Well, I fell in
love with clay! I love the way it feels between my
hands.
I love the way it forms into something beautiful,
functional, or
totally whimsical. There are endless possibilities
for creativity.
I was a student at
Expressions Pottery Workshop for about
four years and, when I retired in 2001, I decided I
wanted to
go forward and become involved in the whole pottery
making
process – making glazes, making clay, firing, and
all of the
other jobs connected with running a pottery
workshop. I am
now a member and treasurer of Expressions Pottery
Workshop in East Granby, a member of the Connecticut
Potters Cooperative Association, Centered and a
member
of the Granby Artists Association.
I make functional
stoneware pottery, wheel thrown and hand
built. I also create Saggar and Raku pieces and I
have just
started using porcelain. I especially enjoy putting
hand
painted designs on some of my pieces.
I hope you like my
work.
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