Scott Roberts

"Storage Jar"

Stoneware, Salt-glazed, 9" x 6" x 6"

"My approach to pot making is as simple and direct as possible. Clay is mixed by hand into a thick slip then allowed to dry naturally to throwing consistency. I work on a Korean-style kickwheel. It is lightweight, of wooden construction, and requires a somewhat softer clay and a kinder touch. All pots are glazed and decorated raw. I use mainly clay and/or clay and ash slips. Pots are then set aside until enough have been made to fire the kiln. I make a broad range of pottery for the kitchen and table, but I approach them on an individual basis and not as a line of production. Working this way allows me to remain open to the many possibilities that keep the work fresh and alive while relying on intuition rather than the intellect. I look for quiet strength in pots. Pots that speak softly but work hard. Inspired by the pots and potters of folk cultures that I feel embody these virtues, I work not to imitate them, but seek in myself their wholeness, the balance of head, hand and heart that gave their work the elusive spark of life to which we still respond. Their work is now as it was, always fresh, always new."

Scott Roberts, Durango, CO

Studio Artist, Quien Sabe Pottery, Est. 1986

BFA: University of North Texas

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