ABOUT CARYN

Clay has unlimited possibilities, and that really inspires me. I have always loved the healing quality of forming clay as well as drawing, painting, and sculpting it. Over the years, my sculptures have mostly been narrative pieces and my pottery colorful and playful. Both focus on gesture and movement, portraying a moment in time. Life in this moment is all we really have, and that moment is most precious.

Two-dimensional work has always played a part in my process; they inspire my ceramic pieces. I have been working with ink and hand-made stamps, collage, printmaking, watercolors and encaustics.

My work has been shown nationally and internationally. Currently, three of my ceramic artworks are in the International Ceramics Museum in Faenza, Italy, and my pottery is in the Koryn Shoto Kai, a flower arranging school in Tokyo.

I received her MFA in Ceramic Sculpture from the University of Tennessee in 1986. After graduating, I returned to my roots, New York City.