Pair of Pitchers, c. 2000

Suze Lindsay

Ceramic

5 in H x 1.5 in x 5.25 in

This elegant set of handcrafted ceramic vessels and tray brings a quiet, organic beauty to the rituals of everyday life. Perfect for serving oil and vinegar at your next dinner party, the set transforms a simple table essential into an artful experience.

Soft, neutral tones celebrate the natural character of clay, while the thoughtfully balanced forms make the set equally beautiful in use or on display. Beyond the dining table, the vessels can be enjoyed as sculptural objects on a bookshelf or desk, inviting you to find your own purpose for them.

Both sculptural and practical, this versatile set is a refined example of contemporary ceramics that seamlessly blends art, function, and daily life.

Artist Statement

I focus on creating altered pottery forms that are good companions for daily use. An integral part of my work includes surface decoration to enhance pottery form by patterning and painting slips and glazes for salt firing. I make things to entice the user to take pleasure in everyday activities, inviting participation, promoting hospitality.

When I make pots, I subtly suggest figure and character by manipulating forms after they are thrown. I roll out clay slabs and use them to hand build elements that are then assembled with thrown parts to create pieces that have a personality of their own. I like to experiment and play with form and proportion on functional ware by altering and stacking parts. When I decorate the surfaces with slips and glazes, I am very interested in making the marks and designs enhance the volume of each pot. I am inspired when I see historical pots from many cultures, including Japan, Crete, Chile, China, and native North American. The pots I respond to may be a quirky Pre-Columbian animal ewer, or the sophisticated designs of a Mimbres bowl.

Artist Biography

Suze Lindsay is a studio potter living and working in the western NC Mountains. Her ceramic studies include a two-year fellowship from 1987-89 at Penland School of Crafts as a "core student", followed by earning an MFA from Louisiana State University. She also holds two educational degrees, one in special education and the other in Montessori teaching theory. In 1996, after completing three years as an artist in residence at Penland, Suze and her husband, potter Kent McLaughlin, set up and began potting in their studio in Bakersville, NC under the name Fork Mountain Pottery.

Suze has taught at numerous art centers and universities and has been a presenter at various ceramic conferences across the United States.Her work is in the permanent collections of George E Ohr Museum in Biloxi MS; Taipei County Yingge Ceramics Museum, Taipei, Taiwan; San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo, TX; Islip Art Museum, NY; Kennedy Museum of American Art, Athens OH; Greenwich House Pottery, NY; Lancaster Museum of Art, East Petersburg, PA; Rocky Mount Arts Center, Raleigh, NC, and the North Carolina Potter Center, Seagrove, NC.

This piece was donated by the Family of Marge and Phil Kalodner.

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