Watching skilled hands is a thing of beauty. The clay studio enjoyed a special visit from Penland neighbor Nick Joerling who demonstrated his method for creating stretched and altered pots that begin on the wheel. Nick has been a working studio potter near Penland since the mid-1980’s.
Here are three of the most interesting things that Nick said during the demo:
- “I like to make the work, and then catch up to it.”
- “Buried inside the skin of good altered pot, there is a good thrown pot.”
- “Cynthia Bringle told me to go to grad school.”
Kudos to clay spring concentration instructors Jenny Mendes Ceramics and Caroline Douglas Art for inviting Nick to do this awesome demo!