
ABOUT THE ARTIST - ELLIE BLAIR
My interest in ceramics spans over many years. I started out
taking ceramics in college and fell in love with it. After a twenty year detour
in the plant growing industry, I went back to college and completed a degree in
Ceramics from the University of Kansas.
After graduation I set out to meet the challenge of crystalline
ceramics. I first became aware of this process while researching art pottery
from the turn of the nineteenth century. I was captivated by the beauty of the
glaze. On one piece the crystals may look like flowers and on another they may
look like match sticks. I love the unpredictability of the process, it keeps the
fire of creativity burning within me.
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