Melissa Green is the current Potter of the Month. Her work, pictured below, will be featured in the front window at the studio for all of July.
Artist's Statement
In addition to a fulfilling career in NYC banking and real estate, I began to study pottery in 1995, as a student with Anke Bosse at Ceramix studio in Manhattan. In 1998, along with several talented partners, I founded La Mano Pottery in Chelsea, NYC, and took part in growing that business into the successful and thriving gallery and teaching studio that it is today.
Although I no longer have an ownership interest in La Mano, I continue to work there as a studio potter. I also started the after-school pottery program for IS 89 middle school students, and worked closely with that group from post 9/11 pottery workshops through 2005.
I love playing with color and texture in clay. I focus on functional pottery, and have never concentrated on one particular style. I prefer to let each piece speak in its own voice, reflecting a feeling, mood, or attitude. My work ranges from carved pieces to altered jars and bowls to hand-sculpted ware, and I work both on and off the wheel.
Melissa E. Green -- Greenwareceramics.com
