Bowl 6" x 13.5" SOLD!	Platter 2" x 17" $225
Platter 4" x 15.5" $225	Platter 1" x 11" $75

The Collaboration of
John Jenkins and Sandy Vincent

Each piece of ceramic in this collaborative collection was hand-thrown by John Jenkins. The pieces were then given to Sandy Vincent as green ware, and she completed the surface design through hand painting and firing.

"Clay, in its many forms and creative force, has influenced people throughout time. It has connected every culture to the part of the planet they inhabit. As time passes for each culture, the ceramics of that culture have provided priceless information regarding the lifestyles and traditions of the people. Individual expressions in ceramics have grown from the purely functional to functional and/or artistic pottery.
My involvement in the world of ceramics has enlightened me to individual differences that I possess. Shapes and forms interplay with surface textures to reflect my vision of the environment surrounding us all. Nature provides an endless range of inspirational possibilities for my work in clay. I hope that my creations from clay will pass my pleasure on to the current beholder." John Jenkins

"It was with excitement and anticipation that I agreed to create and produce the surface decoration on these collaborative ceramic pieces. I was immediately struck by the strength and passion evidenced in John Jenkins' sturdy forms, and I thereby developed my goal of decorating each piece individually with my own passion for all things organic. My objective was to enhance and complete the originality of each piece with glazes and under glazes, and through color and design to, hopefully, endue each form with its own free flowing, painterly quality. Many of my designs began as my own paintings on canvas and were then translated, almost in transparent watercolor style, to the ceramic surface.
My ultimate hope is that, through this collaboration, I have stretched artistically and have expressed to the viewer the absolute "joie de vivre" I experience and paint and create in the studio." Sandy Vincent

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