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Artist's Statement:
As a child I remember being very creative artistically but in the
1950's, if you could not draw a "realistic" man or
horse, you were shuffled off into home economics class and that
was the end of my "artistic" career for quite a number
of years. After raising four children, I decided to do something
special for myself and I signed up for a pottery class. I got
a late start at age 52 but a whole new world opened up to me
with that pottery class. I live about ten minutes from downtown
Santa Fe on five acres of pinion and pine trees and it is here
where I have my pottery studio. My work is fired to cone 5 using
different types of clay and I utilize multiple glazes creating
Asian-style pieces.
A Zen master friend gave me the name of "CHUO" many years
before I studied pottery. It means "heart" or "center" in
Japanese. At the time I wondered what the name was for and many
years later I realized that I am CHUO the potter and my work is
CHUO pottery.
I am presently remodeling my studio and I anticipate having
visitors to my authentic Japanese Pottery studio this summer.
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