Lori Roderick

I have been making hand built sculptural vessels since 1983 when a friend introduced me to the pottery studio in college. I quickly realized the coil, slab and pinch methods suited my organic approach to form. I build things rather slowly from the bottom up, working on several pieces at once. This method suits me nicely as I can move from one piece to the next, allowing time to leave and come back to the forms – considering, editing, adding and changing as I go.

During and after the building process, I paddle, carve or otherwise manipulate forms by hand. Some of the pieces share patterns or abstract imagery, most have layers of glazes, and all are fired two or more times in an electric kiln in my home studio. 

The natural world creeps into the mark making, color palette and gestures of most of the vessels I make. I draw inspiration from shapes, colors and textures I find in wild places near and far. My most recent series speaks visually of woods and mountains, two environments where I find equal measures of peace and wonder.