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Catherine Lemaire Lozier
Catherine Lemaire Lozier
Nashville,
TN
Medium:
Ceramics “My work is grounded in the practices of studio pottery and inspired by the historical decorative arts,” says Catherine Lemaire Lozier. “I start with a traditional blue and white floral design and then try to sneak little bits of my world view and sense of humor into the imagery on my pots.
Catherine carves her white stoneware freehand and then coats the pot in a contrasting color of slip, filling the carved lines. She then cuts off the layer of slip, leaving the color in the carved lines only.
“I love to think about the ways that my customers will use my pottery in their homes, and I continually challenge myself to improve on my designs, making them more practical or more beautiful.”
Get to know Catherine better:
Our theme this year is Reduce. Reuse. Recycle. In the creation of your pieces, can you point to any examples where you follow these practices?
Like many potters, I recycle my scrap clay and reuse it to make new pots.
In terms of your art, where is the most inspirational place you've ever been?
In terms of inspiration for my studio practice, I've had the great privilege to study and work with some exceptional potters, both in a school setting and at these potter's own studios. I learned everything about good studio practice and good pottery forms from these experiences. As to places that have inspired the look of my pottery: Years ago in Spain, Morocco, and Mexico I fell in love with the local pottery and tile work. I still look at pottery from those regions for inspiration today.
If you could be any artist in the world, who would you choose to be?
That's a hard question! There are so many artists whose work I adore, and there are a pretty decent number of artists with enviable lifestyles (thinking of my potter friends who fire together in giant wood kilns a few times a year). For the past year and a half, I've been figuring out the right balance of studio time, art shows, and time with my family. I couldn't switch with anyone else because the trial and error is the interesting part.
