Jennifer McCurdy

Jennifer McCurdy was born in Newport, Rhode Island in 1955.  She became interested in pottery because her grandmothers vast collection of unusual vases. She specialises in porcelain and uses it to create functional objects such as mugs, mixing bowls and wall pieces.








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The main inspiration for McCurdy's work derives from the perfect nature that surrounds her in everyday life. For example many of her pieces incorporate perfectly asymmetrical spirals as inspired from the cracked conch shells on the beach. Her use of translucent porcelain creates a beautiful surface on the body of her work, conveying the picturesque nature of light and shadow. This gives her work a sense of wavering movement through the spectrum of light.

I love the style of McCurdy's work because of its organic style and intricate attention to detail. It has shown me that ordered symmetry and asymmetry can be assembled to depict natural forms in our environment revealing not only the beautiful essence captured in her work, but also the growth and movement of life. I really like how she portrays this movement through the carvings she makes adding a balance of energy in each work of pottery. This shows how she values the importance of the balance in nature, creating a bond between herself and the environment she lives in.

I would like to create some work inspired by her because I like the reasons behind each method she encompasses in her work. I have been inspired to follow her thought processes in looking closer at the environment produce work that is as complex like the world around me.