Ceramic Artist Jennifer Mccurdy

She specialized in porcelain and created functional pieces such as mugs mixing bowls and wall sconces.

Ceramic artist jennifer mccurdy. She has been working with porcelain for over twenty five years. How thin can the high fire porcelain be before it collapses in the fire. Although not a glass artist jennifer mccurdy s wheel thrown porcelain is unlike any other. For the last few years she has been working with structural questions.

Ceramic artist jennifer mccurdy lives on the island of martha s vineyard. Her work resides in the collections of museums around the world including the smithsonian museum s renwick gallery the philadelphia museum of art and the everson museum of art. Jennifer mccurdy wheel thrown porcelain. For the last few years she has been working with structural questions.

She starts like the others using her potter s wheel to form her vessels. This skillful process is of indescribable difficulty and must be completed in the short window of time while the vessel has just the right amount of moisture. Ceramic artist jennifer mccurdy loves dealing with porcelain. But then she intricately carves into them while they are in a leather like state.

She lives on the island of martha s vineyard where she has been working with porcelain for over twenty five years. Mccurdy graduated from michigan state university in 1978 with a bfa and moved to boca raton where she took graduate classes at florida atlantic university. For the last few years she has been working with structural questions. Ceramic artist jennifer mccurdy lives on the island of martha s vineyard.

Jennifer mccurdy became interested in pottery because of her grandmother a watercolorist and flower arranger who collected unusual vases.