Collecting objects can be a coping mechanism—accumulating items that are not of use, such as piles of piles of magazines, disposable food containers. Through various processes– painting and dipping slip, casting, or impressing an item directly into clay– I produce quotidian items–junk mail, coffee filters, dishrags–in porcelain. The transformation to ceramic alters the classification of the collected matter, shifts how we look at it and elevates its value.
Jenni Lukasiewicz is an artist living and working in New York City. Originally from South Hadley Massachusetts, she studied studio art at Mount Holyoke College and papermaking and bookbinding in Italy before spending 5 years living in New Mexico enjoying the forests and the desert and exploring the Southwest, the Rocky Mountains and the West Coast.
Before clay, her primary medium was paper: cutting, folding and creating layered drawings and sculptures that explore light, transparency and material. She is meticulous and discerning; working at Greenwich House Pottery allows her to explore these ideas in clay.