Bernadette Curran & Lisa OrrBunnies, Birds and Bulls, oh my! Mid April 2018

Bernadette Curran
Ardmore, Pennsylvania

"The animal has been drawn to make and made to draw- the sum of which remains vaguely superimposed. What is captured are the bleary bits and fragments, the chance events and partly registered perceptions of a story. More often than not, I am an image thief, that is, of my own peripheral vision- responding to the crazy rhythms of the clay on the wheel, snapping away on impulse, and intuition. The coexistence between surface and form intrigues my two dimensional needs. The thrill of altering a pot out of the round creates a playful environment for barn animals to be personified, prompting unusual services at the table.

As a child, I had a miniature wooden farm set. I enjoyed arranging and re-arranging the pieces on my carpeted pastoral landscape; inventing unique ways in which to organize these objects in space, finding complete tranquility in the process, and pleasure in holding the forms. There was a sequence and yet an unstructured play in re-creating these farm narratives. Sweet and sentimental, the memory has become a symbol of hard work and honest labor. When making my pots, I try to emulate these qualities replete with humility and heroism."


Lisa Orr
Austin Texas

Lisa creates sumptuous utilitarian low-fire pottery for use in daily life. Each piece is an individual artwork, rich with color and texture. Though rooted in the deep history of ceramics, her forms are fluid and often gently asymmetrical: a combination of the clay’s natural expression and her own inspiration in the moment. Low relief decorations

Lisa’s pottery pieces bring garden color to the table. Sturdily crafted, they will withstand decades of use and enjoyment. She delights in working in her studio exploring her newest form and glaze ideas. Every piece is made its unique best as if she were keeping it; afterward applying layers of flowing glazes to give rich, jewel-like color tones. Her customers follow the changes in her artistic evolution over the years and look forward to surprising new and beautiful results from the kiln.