Face Melt, 2022

Cone 05 ceramics and underglaze

18 x 11 x 9 1/2 inches

Fair Market Value: $1,200

Starting Bid: $840

Buy It Now: $1,800

JEREMY JONES, originally from Casper, Wyoming, received a BFA in ceramics and sculpture from the University of Wyoming in 2006 and an MFA in sculpture from Wichita State University in 2012. Jones maintains a home studio in New Brighton, Minnesota, where he works in a plethora of mediums, including ceramics, casting, woodworking, welding, found-objects, and drawing. For over ten years, he has focused on a body of work that reflects his role as a parent, creating toy-like sculptures and assemblages that enshrine the everyday moments of parenthood. Jones is a ceramics instructor at Interact Center for the Visual and Performing Arts in St. Paul, Minnesota. Since 2023, Jones has been a Pottery and Wheel Work Instructor at Saint Paul Public Schools: Community Education in St. Paul, Minnesota.

"I work intuitively with clay, and utilize the plasticity of the material to create my haunting and gestural figures. My clay vessels are loosely formed with coils; I then push and pull the material until a face emerges. The faces seem to manifest from an unknown space, as if I'm channeling a "being" into existence. The void inside of the vessel symbolizes the consciousness: the vast, invisible, and largely unknown space of the mind."