Artist Information:
Susan Yvette England
Opelika, AL
United States
Member Since: Mar 2006
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Artist Statement:
I was born in Oklahoma and
grew up in Texas. My husband
was a career NCO in the U.S.
Army and we settled in the
Columbus, GA area when he
retired. We now live on a plot
of land in rural Alabama. It’s
wild and wooded, and we love
it.
It is impossible to explain
the satisfaction, joy, and
comfort I feel while working
with clay. Whether I am
wedging (cutting clay into
pieces and slapping it onto a
table), throwing, trimming, or
carving the clay, I feel like
that is the exact place in the
universe where I belong.
Ceramics was a required course
for my Art degree, or I might
never have taken it. As soon
as I started working with the
clay, I was hooked! I
struggled for a few weeks
trying to throw a cylinder on
the electric wheel. My
frustration level was
increasing but that just left
more determined to make it
work. Someone finally
suggested I try using the kick
wheel instead of the electric
one. When I did, my
left-handed tendencies
automatically had me kicking
the wheel in a clockwise
direction rather than the
counter-clockwise direction
the powered wheel ...
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Susan Yvette England's Free Artist Portfolio
Welcome to Susan Yvette England's Portfolio.
I was born in Oklahoma and grew up in Texas. My husband was a career NCO in the U.S. Army and we settled in the Columbus, GA area when he retired. We now live on a plot of land in rural Alabama. It’s wild and wooded, and we love it.
It is impossible to explain the satisfaction, joy, and comfort I feel while working with clay. Whether I am wedging (cutting clay into pieces and slapping it onto a table), throwing, trimming, or carving the clay, I feel like that is the exact place in the universe where I belong.
Ceramics was a required course for my Art degree, or I might never have taken it. As soon as I started working with the clay, I was hooked! I struggled for a few weeks trying to throw a cylinder on the electric wheel. My frustration level was increasing but that just left more determined to make it work. Someone finally suggested I try using the kick wheel instead of the electric one. When I did, my left-handed tendencies automatically had me kicking the wheel in a clockwise direction rather than the counter-clockwise direction the powered wheel ... |
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