Teri Kern

I like to think of myself as a hands-on artist. That means that every task from wedging the clay (at the beginning of the process) to stacking and unstacking the kilns (at the end of the process) is done by my hands alone. Wheel throwing and hand building are used separately and in combination to create these one of a kind ceramic pieces. After the pieces are dry enough to handle, their surfaces are carved in relief. They are then dried thoroughly. Each piece is hand painted with underglaze before the first firing. The blending of color is done by brush work alone — no airbrushing is used. There are between five and fifteen layers of underglaze applied to the surface of the clay. The pieces are fired and then a food safe clear glaze is applied and they are fired again.