JoAnne Sblendorio-Levy |
What clay body do you use?
Primary forming method?
Primary firing temperature?
Favorite surface treatment?
"Lava Bowl" |
Favorite Tools?
Describe your studio environment.
"Black n White" "ArtDeco Vase" | "Nerikomi Mango Flower" "Nerikomi Blue w/ Gold Swirl" "Pod Invasion - They're Here" |
How/Where do you market and sell your artwork?
"Hare's Fur Bowl" | "Rain Forest" |
What sparks your creativity? What drives you to work with clay?
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"Jade Mini Sadness" | "Red Rock 2" |
Did you come to ceramics from a different career? Tell us about your journey to a ceramics career.
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"Nerikomi Orange Stripes" | ![]() "Red Carved Bowls" |
How have you have taken your experience as a well-established maker in the field and passed that knowledge along to your other artists?
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![]() "White Works Series 1" ![]() "African Energy 2" | "White Works Series 3" "Red Rock 3" |
What’s the best advice you’ve been given by a fellow maker, mentor, or teacher?
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"Winter...Not Houston" Glassell Kinder Morgan 2019 "Red Rock 1" | ![]() "White Works Series 2"
"Nerikomi Pink Purple Plate" |
Bio: I have a Bachelors and a Masters degree in geology and moved to Houston, from the Northeast, for work in the oil industry. I’ve been married for 48 years to the same guy (oh my!) We have a son who is an award-winning chef in the Houston area. After retirement, I’ve focused on ceramics. I’ve taken art and ceramics related courses at the Glassell School, Houston Community College, Rice U. and the Jewish Community Center. The last two years I’ve been experimenting with colored clay and the nerikomi technique. I’ve taken classes in this technique with Chris Campbell in Maplecrest, NY, Judith de Vries (a true master) in Amsterdam and an on-line course with Curtis Benzle. |