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Darlene Nelson

Cricket Appel
Michelle Arterburn
Karin N. Bergh
Elaine Biery
Kathryn Blackmun
Diane E. Botham
Tony Butler
Maxine Chelini
Kathryne Cyman
Sara Lee D'Alessandro
JoAnne DeKeuster
Kevin DeKeuster
Pamala S. Dean
Jay Dirago
Christine Evans
Karen Fielding
Joe Frey
Elizabeth Fritzsche
Philip Green
Sandra Harrington
Theo Helmstadter
Cheryl Hoagland
Marc Hudson
Z Jacobson
Linda R. Kastner
Daisy Kates
Michael Lancaster
Bari Lovewave
Rhonda Main
Lynne McCarthy
Karen K. Milstein
Darlene Nelson
Shel Neymark
Judy Nelson-Moore
Judith Richey
Kari Rives
Elizabeth Rose
Rita Ryan
Greta Ruiz
Abby Salsbury
Joey Serim
Carolyn Robbins Siegel
Mary Sharp Davis
Kristin C. Thacher
Michael Ray Thornton
Ann Trott
Layne Vickers Smith
Elaine Weaver-Spalek
Melanie Ann Wegner
Ruth Weston
Betsy Williams
Juanita Wolff
Tomás R. Wolff
Address: Out in the Hot Desert in Alamogordo, New Mexico
Phone; 575/443-0828
(please leave a message--My hands sometimes have clay on them so I may not pick up)
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Darlene Nelson

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Darlene Nelson.

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Artist's Statement:

It's a magical thing when you make art your whole life when the urge to create is bigger than you are and you just let it come out when it wants to. I feel very fortunate to have a creative mind that constantly keeps me re-inventing my own wacky reality!

Each piece is created by hand starting with a cold lump of clay. I love to hand-building with clay and am currently learning how to throw "Jugs". As I love making "Face Jugs". I love working with various glazes combining them in ways that are so unpredictable...where never are there two pieces created equal.

Each piece is hand-built without the use of molds. Most of my face Jugs take hours to create. I often find myself obsessing over the smallest detail. I have begun trying my hand at some functional pieces to sell later on Ebay (http://myworld.ebay.com/darlenerocky).

Please email me and I would be happy to send new works at different stages...for you to laugh at!!!

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