Bruns-Joerling StudiosArtist Statement Nicholas Joerling I make pots as much from a drawing sensibility as a pottery one. Daydreaming with a pencil. Not drawing as rendering but simply doodling, then working hard to get that drawing to function. Profile is therefore a strong attraction, a strong dictate, as are the smaller spaces within spaces. And of course that sense of animation. My pot reference is most often you and I, our bodies. It's where my cues come from: dance, people seated on a park bench, the cleavage that forms on the inside of a bent elbow. But I want to stay in the pot's world--- if the reference is too literal the pots seem deflated. In my studio what I hope for are pots that have qualities of sensuality, compassion, humor, and risk. Artist BioNick Joerling is a full-time studio potter who has maintained a studio in Penland, North Carolina since the mid-1980's. He received a B.A. in History from the University of Dayton, Ohio, and an M.F.A. in Ceramics from Louisiana State University in 1986. He has taught in craft programs in the United States and abroad, been widely reviewed and exhibited, and is represented in public and private collections. ScheduleWORKSHOPS 2010 February 3 - 4 Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, Pa., contact Kevin Turner, klturner@iup.edu or 724 599 4721, Demo Only. March 26 – 27 The Art League School, Alexandria, Virginia, contact Kathi Cohen, kathic@theartleague.org or 703 683 2323, Hands On. April 24 Rockingham Community College, Wentworth, NC, contact Patricia Harden, HardenP@rockinghamcc.edu , Demo Only. May 14 – 16 The Art Center, St. Petersburg, Florida, contact: Katie Screven, Education Program Associate, Morean Arts Center, 719 Central Ave. St. Petersburg, FL. 33701, (727) 822-7872 ext. 2 Katie@moreanartscenter.org Demo Only. June 18 – 19 Blue Ridge Potters Guild, Roanoke, Virginia, contact mitches@cox.net or colefr@hotmail.com, Demo Only. July 22-23-24 The Bascom Art Center, Highlands, NC, contact Norma, nshendrix@thebascom.org or 828 526 4949 x 101, Hands On. |
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