Artist Statement
As a potter, I focus my work on principals of craftsmanship and beauty.
I am interested in the function of forms and the decorative surface that they lend themselves to. I approach new ideas as a series of work and an exploration of proportion, color, texture and intended use. My inspiration is drawn from the foods I enjoy cooking and serving, Chinese porcelain of the Song Dynasty and the people and nature that surround me.
Each piece is made with porcelain clay thrown on the potter’s wheel, altered and trimmed, then carved, decorated and glazed on the surface. I use glazes that are intended to compliment areas of texture. The work is fired to 2,345°F in a reduction atmosphere lending rich and varied color as well as rendering the wares strong and durable.
Biography
Emily Reason received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from West Virginia University with a concentration in Ceramics and an Art History minor. Penland School of Crafts drew her to Western North Carolina. She’s completed Artist Residencies at Odyssey Center for Ceramic Arts in Asheville, NC and EnergyXchange in Burnsville, NC.
Emily currently works as a full time potter in her Marshall, NC studio. She makes wheel thrown functional work, using porcelain, carving techniques and a gas reduction firing process. She exhibits her work nationally and teaches pottery workshops around the country. Emily is the author of Ceramics for Beginners: Wheel Throwing, Lark Books, 2010.
For more about Emily Reason’s work visit www.emilyreason.com
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