Jen Gandee
Jen Gandee is a ceramicist, gallerist, and educator from West Virginia who earned her BFA in Ceramics from West Virginia University in 1996. After moving to Syracuse, New York in 1998, she developed a successful line of functional ceramic work that was sold through the ACC wholesale craft market, national craft shows, galleries, and studio sales from 1999-2005.
Gandee completed her MFA at Syracuse University's College of Visual and Performing Arts in 2008 and currently serves as an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Art at Le Moyne College and Cayuga Community College. She also owns and operates the Gandee Gallery in Fabius, where she continues to support contemporary art while maintaining her own ceramic practice.
Artist's StatementWhen working as a potter, I want to create objects that are useful and enhance domestic life. I like the discipline of solving formal problems through a series of related forms and the rhythm of work that comes from this practice. It is empowering to sell my pots to individuals who appreciate their beauty and functionality. This straightforward relationship between maker and audience is simple and rewarding. |
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My pots are generally wheel-thrown and hand-built with slabs of porcelain clay. After an initial bisque firing, I glaze the pieces and fire them to 2260 degrees. The images derive from my original photographs and scanned sources, which I manipulate digitally and print onto special decal paper using a laser printer. The toner from the printer has enough iron oxide in it so that when I apply these decals to my work and re-fire them, the iron permanently melts into the glaze.
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