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"With thoughts of fabric in my head I use thin slabs of clay to build objects of function that are textured with patterns of nature. Referencing a material that we live in everyday, I hope to bring a feeling of life to my work. I love objects, in particular cups because of their ability to bring ones daily experience and art together. The wood firing process finishes the surface of my pots with a record and gives a sense of age to my work.
The way quilts piece together a collage from scraps of used clothing has become a starting point for the way I work with slabs. As one could wrap themselves in a quilt to stay warm I see hands wrap around a cup of tea as another object of warmth and comfort. Fabric is this wonderful material that we wear everyday and its intimate relationship with our bodies is something that influences the forms and postures of my pots. I think of the slab of a cup as part fabric part skin as I stretch it to form a belly that calls to be touched.
Processes of nature and the records they leave behind are an influence that I bring to my work through wood firing. The record of firing colors the surface of the pots echoing how geological processes change a landscape, how an apple might blush as it was sun kissed and how human skin ages with time and exposure.
I choose to make utilitarian objects because of their ability to engage all the senses and their participation in the rituals that surround food and drink. The way I present interacting objects reflect the relationships that we have with those we share these rituals with."
- Nora Jean Creahan, 2010
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