Out of Our Hands Gallery - fine handcrafted creations

Sarah Godumski

Gallery

Artist Statement

After receiving my degree in English and working in publishing for four years, I decided to return to school to pursue a degree in Art Therapy.  I have been attending Marywood University for the past three years, and this is where my love of clay began.  There is something powerful about the feeling of the wet clay moving through your fingers, a connection that my work in other media had been lacking.  I have been lucky enough to have studied with a number of amazing artists, both as professors as well as fellow students.  While working in the MU ceramics studio, I learned a technical side of pottery–mixing and testing glazes, making clay, measuring temperatures, running Raku firings.

The majority of my work is thrown on the wheel, but I have recently been experimenting with hand building methods, and I’m happy with the results.  I use both porcelain and stoneware clay and a variety of glazing techniques.  The bulk of my work is high-fired and is safe for food, drink, dishwasher, and microwave use.

I have been finding the debate between “fine art” vs. functionality very interesting of late.  Why can’t a work be both functional as well as a piece of art?  I’m working on making that line between fashion and function all that much finer.