Jay Strommen

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Title: When Time Stands Still

Year of Creation: 2012

Glaze: Natural ash, salt and illmenite

Clay Body: Kaolin

Dimensions: Height 4 inches, Width 5 inches

Artist's Statement: While baking with the wood kilns over the past 20 years, I have been granted the lens of moments and those moments once realized become centuries. The exemplary flower containing vessel before you is a snap shot of the thousands of pots we fired last year to arrive at this point. Dear reader, please enjoy the now with blooming buds and friendships grinning...