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Mary Jursinovic

Artist Statement

I began crafting fine pottery at my Creekside Pottery studio in Crested Butte, Colorado in 1980. My work has been primarily functional, using mid to high range stoneware clays to create handbuilt and wheelthrown pieces including dinnerware, utilitarian kitchen and household items, and decorator lamps. Numerous galleries in Colorado and the Southwest display and sell my creations. I have an established customer base throughout the United States as well as several foreign countries.

Pottery to me is an art form that serves to bring beauty and excitement to the ordinary aspects of our lives. I have always expected my work to become an integral part of my customers' daily routines.

During the fall of 2003 after studying with Apache potter, Felipe Ortega, my focus drifted to more decorative vessels using micaceous clay from New Mexico. Working with micaceeous clay has challanged me to approach clay at a higher level of creativity. Applying horsehair to these vessels matches the excitement of Raku firing, a technique I also enjoy immensely.

After 30+ years of residing and working in Crested Butte I have recently relocated my studio to our new home in the North Fork Valley of Western Colorado between Paonia and Hotchkiss.

The surrounding earthy, agricultural lands of Bone Mesa and stunning views of mountains and mesas will be a new source of creativity for me. Please contact me for directions to our ranch, and stop by to visit.

Exhibitions

Summer '10
Crested Butte, Co
Crested Butte Farmers Market

July 2010
Creamery Arts Center, Hotchkiss, Co
Comin Round the Mountain

June 2010
Hotchkiss, Co
51st Annual Black Canyon Art Exhibit

2-6-10
Grand Junction, Co
Art in the Heart

3-27-4-17
Gunnison Arts Center
Nueva Era

July 2010
Rijks Family Gallery
Artwalk Evening Featured Artist

4/08-1/09
Denver International Airport
See the New West as a Local

Gallery Representation

Rijks Family Gallery, Crested Butte, Co

Mountain Living Studio, Manitou Springs, Co.

The Maverick Potter, Salida, Co

Our Store, Gunnison, Co

Glennie Coombe Gallery, Paonia, Co

Expressions Bookstore, Paonia, Co

Mary's Favorites

www.donnarozman.com

Rijks Family Gallery

www.awearts.org

ArtistsOnline.biz

Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center