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Nancy Bulkley
Nancy
Bulkley received her B.F.A. from Alfred
Universtiy. She has been
teaching ceramics to adults and children for
over twelve years. For nine years she lived in California, teaching
ceramics in the summers at Idyllwild Arts in the mountains of southern
California, and doing several residencies at the Mendocino Art Center,
her base was in San Francisco teaching at the Jewish Community Center.
Nancy enjoys making both functional and sculptural forms. She is a
currently a member of the Ann Arbor Potters Guild.
Kate
Tremel
Kate Tremel has been teaching
ceramics to students of all ages and abilities for nearly twenty
years. Since relocating to Ann Arbor a few years ago, Kate has
taught ceramics at EMU, the Potters Guild and Yourist Pottery.
She received her BA in Spanish and Anthropology from Middlebury
College. Her interest in exploring language and culture, led to
many different experiences living and working abroad in England,
Mexico, Japan, Peru and France. She holds an MFA from Cranbrook Academy
of Art and has exhibited her work both nationally and internationally.
Kate's long time interest in vessel making began with wheel-thrown
pottery and extended to mixed media sculptures constructed from plaster
casts of her own body. She is currently making sculptural
tableware that is primarily constructed with a paddle and anvil
technique that she learned while studying in Peru.
Sandra
Westley
Sandra Westley has taught ceramic hand
building at Eastern Michigan University and the University of Michigan.
She has exhibited nationally and participated in residencies at
Watershed, Art Farm, the Vermont Studio Center and most recently at
the Northern Clay Center in Minneapolis with the generous
support of the McKnight Foundation. Ms. Westley holds a BA
from Winona State University, a MA from Mankato State University
(both in Minnesota), and a MFA from the University of Michigan. Sandra
is also an enthusiastic gardener who volunteers as a Master Gardener
for MSU Extension Service.
Kay Yourist
From the very first time that I touched
clay at the
age of eight, I knew that throwing pots would be my life long passion.
Decades later, I am still excited by its seemingly infinite potential.
Throughout my career, ancient Egyptian, pre-Columbian and Native
American pottery has been a strong influence on my exploration of
classically shaped pottery forms. I begin my artistic process by
throwing the clay into classic vessels that are as recognizable today
as a thousand years ago. I then alter their form by pushing and pulling
and stretching the walls of the pot. When the clay dries to a leather
hard consistency, I carve into the walls to give the piece surface
relief detail and texture. The last step involves glazing the completed
forms with copper and iron rich glazes, chosen to emphasize the organic
and timeless nature of clay. Combining the ancient tradition of pottery
making with my contemporary vision, my work integrates past with
present.
Mylinda
Balint
Mylinda
Balint holds degrees in both History and Art from Westminster
College. There her art thesis was on Pre-Columbian Art and
hand-built ceramics of primitive cultures. It wasn’t until moving to
Ann Arbor years ago, that she began throwing on the wheel, and fell in
love with clay all over again. She regularly participates
in alumni shows at Westminster and has participated in the Michigan Mud
exhibit. She has taught ceramics for the lunchtime enrichment
program at Martin Luther King, Jr. Elementary and donates several
pieces to their silent auction each year. Her love of the
outdoors is ever present in her thrown vessels. Her work is
characterized by carvings of various themes from nature.
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