{"product_id":"wendy-wrenn-werstlein-spring-teapot","title":"Wendy Wrenn Werstlein - Spring Teapot","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(69, 68, 65);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWendy Wrenn Werstlein\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(69, 68, 65);\"\u003eVirginia\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(69, 68, 65);\"\u003ePorcelain, cone 10 oxidation gas fired\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(69, 68, 65);\"\u003eFunctional\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(69, 68, 65);\"\u003e9.25\"w x 5.5\"l x 4.5\"h\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(69, 68, 65);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Artist\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eI came to clay as a second vocation. For ten years, I taught high school biology, working to cultivate in my students a desire to explore the world while encouraging scientific inquiry. I find these two skills serve me just as well in the studio.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(69, 68, 65);\"\u003eI eventually left teaching and returned to the classroom as a student at Haywood Community College, where I completed an Associate’s Degree in Professional Crafts. From there, I moved to Floyd, Virginia, and apprenticed with studio potter Silvie Granatelli.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(69, 68, 65);\"\u003eI now live and work in my studio\/home on the Blue Ridge Parkway, building a life as a studio potter in Floyd, Virginia.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(69, 68, 65);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eArtist Statement\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(69, 68, 65);\"\u003eThe flow and line patterns influence me in nature, and I explore these patterns and forms in my pots. My work is moving towards a more organic appearance, often altered away from the perfect circle of the wheel. I seek to infuse my work with a sense of movement, the soft stroke of the hand giving comfort and thanks through use. Through these forms and patterns emerge lines of communication. I am learning that the communication of pottery happens most often in the absence of language. As a social species, we communicate and exchange information through touch, visual expressions, and body language - all these voices are present in handmade objects. You hear the voices through your eyes, touch, and emotional response to shape, size, color, and feel.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(69, 68, 65);\"\u003e*Teapots that are purchased will remain on display in the gallery for the duration of the exhibition, through September 14, 2026. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(69, 68, 65);\"\u003eAfter the show closes, teapots will be carefully packed and shipped by September 28, or they may be picked up at the gallery.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"National Teapot Show XIII","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44341989376252,"sku":"NTSXIII-126-1","price":184.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0570\/8146\/2941\/files\/126-1WendyWrennWerstlein-SpringTeapotpic1_368a1b77-4eaa-41de-be19-3ce08d85aa12.jpg?v=1778267252","url":"https:\/\/cedarcreekgallery.com\/products\/wendy-wrenn-werstlein-spring-teapot","provider":"Cedar Creek Gallery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}