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ARTIST STATEMENT |
The pots I make are one- or few-of-a-kind ceramic vessels, inspired by traditional forms, most often intended to be used with food or drink. I do like to embellish form, to add elegance and/or sensual life to domestic objects, as with the elaborate trimmed, paddled and cut feet and knobs on some pots. I refer often to historical pottery that I admire, for example rotund Tang Dynasty Chinese covered jars, or pitchers and ewers with extended spouts of Mediterranean cultures. I tend to choose glazes that give textural or color variations, by themselves or layered over each other, and I try to design sumptuous glaze surfaces to enhance the underlying forms. I think of glazing as dressing the forms to advantage, and often aim for effects reminiscent of textiles, fur or even feathers. It is my intention to be pleasant, sometimes humorous, in the manipulations of forms and allusions in glaze, and in subtle ways to allow the sensual pleasures of the process of making to show in the finished work.
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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH |
In 1978 Kate Shakeshaft took a ceramics course purely for fun while an English major at Grinnell College in Iowa, and since that time she has never stopped working in clay. She went to the University of Iowa for a B.F.A. in ceramics, sculpture and drawing, and spent five years after earning that degree working independently in Iowa City studios. In the summer of 1988 two workshops at the Penland School of Crafts led her out of Iowa, and by an indirect road to Vermont. There she set up a studio of her own, as well as working for five production potters in three years, underwent carpal tunnel release surgery, and decided to undertake graduate school. The offer of a Grinter Fellowship lured her to the University of Florida in Gainesville. After earning an M.F.A. in ceramics from the University of Florida in 1994, she taught at Francis Marion University in South Carolina for three years. In 1997 she returned to Gainesville to start up Round Earth Studio. She has exhibited her work nationally, and is represented in corporate, museum, and numerous private collections. She also has extensive experience as a cook and gardener.
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RECENT AWARDS |
2003 -
BEST SMALL CRAFT ITEM IN 50 YEARS COMPETITION
Work included in the Permanent Collection
Florida Craftsmen Gallery - St. Petersburg, FL
2002 - (March)
EMERGING ARTIST - NCECA
National Council for Education in the Ceramic Arts
March Conference - Kansas City, MO
2000
Internet Competition
1999
USA CRAFTS TODAY '99
Clay Art Center Functional Pottery Award
New Canaan, CT
1998
3rd ANNUAL MIAMI Valley CROSSROADS COMPETITION
1998 Merit Award in Clay
Middletown, OH
LaGRANGE NATIONAL BIENNIAL EXHIBITION
Purchase Award
LaGrange, GA
1994
NCECA JURIED STUDENT EXHIBITION
Purchase Award
New Orleans, LA
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COLLECTIONS |
TRADITION OF EXCELLENCE COLLECTION
Shimpo America Corp.
LAMAR DODD ART CENTER
LaGrange, GA
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PUBLICATIONS |
500 CUPS - 2005
by Lark Books, (page 304)
MAKING MARKS: DISCOVERING THE CERAMIC SURFACE - 2004
by Robin Hopper, Krause Publications
(work reproduced on page 194 misattributed to Kate Maury)
THE GLAZE BOOK - 2002
by Stephen Murfitt, Krause Publications, Iola, WI
THE ART OF CONTEMPORARY POTTERY - 2001
by Kevin A. Hluch, Krause Publications, Iola, WI
CLAY TIMES MAGAZINE - 1999 May/June issue
"Working with Wax Resist"
illustrated article about decorative glazing technique
THE CERAMIC DESIGN BOOK - 1998
Lark Books, Asheville, NC
CLAY TIMES MAGAZINE - 1998 May/June issue
work reproduced in the Gallery
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CONTACT INFORMATION |
1854 NW 41st Ave.
Gainesville, FL 32605
(352)337-9074 - Email
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