Artists’ Statement<\/strong><\/p>\n Two artists meet over tea in handmade pottery mugs, of course, for a never-long-enough conversation about life with clay. For fifteen years these two friends have shared their passion for creating in the same medium while expressing that passion in contrasting ways. A second cup is filled to celebrate a brilliant success, a shoulder is offered to help bear the burden of frustration and loss, and the day-to-day \u201cwhat\u2019s working and what\u2019s not\u201d is always on the table. The teapot is empty. \u00a0There\u2019s still so much to talk about! \u2026 Next time!<\/p>\n Karen Knight – Biography<\/strong><\/p>\n Karen Knight is an Artist Potter, juried member Craft NB, and business owner of \u201cSoul Impression Handbuilt Claywork and Fine Sculpture,\u201d located at 1509 Rothesay Road, Saint John.<\/p>\n Karen studied Fine Art in the late 1980\u2019s and taught handbuilding classes for 7 years for the City of Guelph before returning home. Her dynamic style of clay work employs traditional handbuilding techniques \u2013 pinch, coil and slab \u2013 yet elaborates on these in new and striking ways.\u00a0 Karen\u2019s work includes one-of-a-kind art bowls and platters, salsa dishes, fused seaglass jewelry, low tide art pieces, and powerful renderings of the human form.\u00a0 It is precisely this versatility of clay as an artistic medium that is the source of Karen\u2019s real joy in working with it.<\/p>\n She continues to pursue her love of teaching through her annual handbuilding class offered at the SJAC as well as her participation in the Artist-in-Residency and ArtsSmart Programs. Karen has participated locally in six exhibitions and is represented by the Buckland Merrifield Gallery.<\/p>\n Helen Stanley – Biography<\/strong><\/p>\n “I have been working with clay for more than forty years now. Starting with a dedicated art teacher in high school, I went on to college with an emphasis on ceramics and then began making and selling my work. When we were young and having kids we moved often and my husband and I had a joint pottery and glass studio in P.E.I. in the 80\u2019s. Some of those years were filled with raising kids and helping in the glass studio, but it\u2019s all grist for the mill.\u00a0 <\/span>I\u2019ve had a studio here in Seeleys Cove full time since 1993. <\/span><\/p>\n I\u2019m a member of NB Crafts and have participated in their gallery shows and craft markets over the years, as well as exhibiting at the Saint John Art Centre a few times in group shows. I\u2019ve also had work at Sunbury Shores from time to time. <\/span><\/p>\n I teach at my studio and at the SJAC and sell pottery through a few select shops and galleries mostly in New Brunswick.”<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Shop Talk Artists’ Statement Two artists meet over tea in handmade pottery mugs, of course, for a never-long-enough conversation about life with clay. For fifteen years these two friends have shared their passion for creating in the same medium while expressing that passion in contrasting ways. A second cup is filled to celebrate a brilliant<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[47,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3414","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-current","category-exhibitions"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonathanselig.com\/sjac-backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3414","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonathanselig.com\/sjac-backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonathanselig.com\/sjac-backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jonathanselig.com\/sjac-backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jonathanselig.com\/sjac-backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3414"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jonathanselig.com\/sjac-backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3414\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3415,"href":"https:\/\/jonathanselig.com\/sjac-backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3414\/revisions\/3415"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonathanselig.com\/sjac-backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3414"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jonathanselig.com\/sjac-backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3414"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jonathanselig.com\/sjac-backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3414"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}