ceramic art by lynn wilkes armstrong

form with a function.

art for everyday.

Both Hands Studio​

The clay rules the process.
The function defines the form.
Elemental magic takes place as earthen clay is softened by water to workability, dried by air and time, and finished in fire.

My process borrows from varied skills.
I roll the clay into sheets like pastry.
Using printmaking methods I impress textures into the responsive surface of the smooth slabs.
Like a dressmaker I use paper templates to cut the pattern pieces that will fit together to make my forms.
Two dimensions are shaped and integrated into a volumetric vessel before allowing it to harden into a functional form. Fired in the kiln, and then fired again with a thin layer of glassy glaze to fulfill its use, the earth becomes art.

The clay is transformed.  

Earth, water, air, and fire.

From my hand to yours...Both Hands Studio