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| Neighborhood Potters |
2034 Fairmount Avenue
Philadelphia , PA 19130
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| Artist: Neil Patterson |
Website: sandiandneil.com
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Artist Statement:
Welcome! Our work is created in the rich cultural environment of the Fairmount neighborhood, surrounding the Philadelphia Museum of Art. We are the Neighborhood Potters. In our work we strive to show the vitality of clay, especially through the use of texture. Most of Neil’s forms begin on the potter’s wheel and are then altered (faceted, ridged, cut and re-assembled.) Most of Sandi’s forms are hand built from textured slabs
of clay. While she also works on the wheel, Sandi finds that working with slabs offers her more versatility to develop her ideas with forms. In our functional work we want to make pots that are beautiful to look at, friendly, and comfortable to use. |
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| Artist: Melissa Mather & Richard Wagner |
Website: melissamatherstudio.com
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Artist Statement:
Melissa Mather and Richard Wagner emphasize on the subject’s natural beauty and then present it in an unaltered photographic medium. Our work is shoot in both natural exterior environments and controlled studio environments.Our work is primarily shot with a Macro Lens. This method alters the subjects’ typical recognizable scale and alters the viewer’s perception of the subject.
Exploration in capturing subtle texture, intense natural color, and altering the normal perceived scale of our subjects, brings a new awareness of the simple beauty that surrounds us on a day-to-day basis. We do not computer alter our images and we use archival quality papers and inks to best convey the fine detail and vibrant natural colors in our work.
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| Artist: Sandi Pierantozzi |
Website: sandiandneil.com
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Artist Statement:
My decision to focus on making pots comes from a deep appreciation of food, celebration, and setting a beautiful table. I also feel that pots help me connect with people on a very basic human level. In this "age of communication," where most communicating is done via high-tech equipment and machines, and so much food is being eaten out of paper, plastic or Styrofoam I feel I can communicate through my pots by bringing some creative life into the daily rituals of eating and drinking. I truly believe that a hand made pot contains the soul and energy of the person who made it, and that with use, a real human connection is made. I feel that these real connections between people are essential to keeping alive the soul in all of us.
Process
Most of my pots are handbuilt from slabs that I make with a rolling pin. After rolling a slab, I either texture the clay as a flat surface and then make a cylinder, or carve into the clay after the form is made. I pinch or cut darts or sections of clay out to create various forms. With this method of working, I can make pots that reveal the soft qualities of clay through the impression of texture or carving, while at the same time show control of the clay through the nature of the forms.
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