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I love throwing. I first learned when I was thirteen. It wasn't easy for me; it took a school year just to be able to center a piece of clay on the wheel. I kept at it and did a lot of handbuilding. During that time I developed a love for clay and its capacity to be formed in oh so many different things. By the time I learned how to throw I had the handbuilding skills that I continue to use today as well as the curiosity "to see what would happen if.."
Functional forms, especially those that pour have always fascinated me. I like to take traditional vessels as my starting point and then see what I can do, play with them, push the clay to see what it will let me do with it. When I put these types of pieces together it's one big game of questions and answers, solving problems. What if I do this? And can I get the clay to do that?
I try to have fun when I'm working and to always look for what the clay has to tell me about the forms that I'm trying to make.
Monica Rudquist
