Primary Medium

Ceramics/Pottery

Address

203 Driggs Avenue
Brooklyn, 11222

Artist Statement

Clay controls me; I don't control clay. My work springs out of a search for well-being; my idiosyncratic and improvised “dance” with the clay embodies my life principles of freedom, sensuality, and romance.  The resulting shapes are born in physical and metaphysical movement, inspired by my early training as a rhythmic juggler in circus school in Paris and later work in jazz dance in New York. The medium of stoneware without glaze enables me to provide my pieces with their own “skin” of neutral color and smooth finish that can be “touched with the eyes and looked at with the fingers.” This finish is integral to achieving my goal of emphasizing the linear movement of my forms, enhancing their sinuous, sensual, organic shapes.

Links

Website: https://www.jmgrenierart.com/
Instagram: @jmgrenier