Jennifer Pak

JPak Pottery

 

Member profile details

First name
Jennifer
Last name
Pak
Business Name
JPak Pottery
Profile Picture
City
Portland
State
OR
Public Email Address
Jpakpottery@gmail.com
 

Art Work Description

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Firing Methods
  • Gas
  • Electric
  • Reduction
  • Oxidation
  • Mid-Range
  • High-Fire
  • Wood Fire
  • Soda
Types of Clay Used
  • Stoneware
  • Porcelain
Forming Methods and Techniques
  • Wheel Thrown
  • Slabs
  • Pinched
  • Hand Built
  • Coil
  • Carved
Finishing Methods and Techniques
  • Dip or Poured Glazes
  • Painted Slips
  • Decals
  • Lustres
  • Underglazes
  • Terra sigillata
  • Sprayed Glazes
  • Washes
Forms Types
  • Plates
  • Serving Platters
  • Cups
  • Tumbler
  • Coffee Mugs
  • Tea Bowls
  • Stein
  • Vase
  • Flower Vases
  • Decorative Vases
  • Bud Vase
  • Bowls
  • Soup Bowls
  • Serving Bowls
  • Planters
  • Linder Jars
  • Vessel
  • Organic
Artwork Description
  • Functional
  • Garden
  • Sculpture
  • Vessel
  • Abstract
  • Organic
  • Modern
  • Bright
  • Earthy
  • Simple
Artist Statement
I strive to bring joy into people’s everyday lives through my ceramics. Creating objects with clay brings me the greatest happiness and I hope to make this happiness evident in my work. Inspired by organic forms and nature I constantly explore with color and materiality to share how I see the world around me.
Biography
I have always loved nature as far as I remember, ever since my father took us hiking every weekend during my childhood. We would explore mountains, beaches, and rivers where we camped out surrounded by beautiful nature, like sounds of trees, birds, flowers, water, and wind. This influenced me in many ways including my pottery.

I was drawn to organic shapes and colors of handmade ceramic wares and loved collecting tea pots, tea cups and bowls. In the summer of 2016, I took a wheel throwing class with my daughter at OCAC and immediately fell in love with world of clay. I took every ceramics studio class OCAC offered for two years until I finally joined private studios — taking various workshops of many talented ceramic artists while developing and working my own style. What started as a hobby became my lifetime passion. I fall in love with clay everyday.

Creating functional objects from lumps of clay is magical. Whether it be throwing on the wheel, coil-pinching, or slap building, I take inspiration from my wonderful childhood memories and transform them onto the surface of various bodies and shapes of clay. It brings me so much joy to see each and every piece come to life with full of colors and whimsical illustrations. I hope it does the same for many others.

Market events are incredibly special for it brings so many talented artists together as a supportive and caring community. It’s also very rewarding to meet so many people interacting with my work, which is always a great boost of inspiration and motivation for my creativity.


Pots Available Through:
Etsy: https://www.etsy.com/shop/JPakPottery
IG: http://instagram.com/jpak_pottery
FB: https://m.facebook.com/JPakPottery/

Also available at
Charlie Cummings Gallery, Gainesville, FL


Education:
2016-2019 College of Arts and Crafts
1985-1989 BS, University of San Francisco, SF, CA

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