Biography:
Jenny Morten is a British ceramicist, trained at the Central School of Art and Design in London.
Her work has covered the spectrum of clay. She made functional stoneware and designed for industry early in her career with many pieces selected for British Design Centre Awards.
Later came individual small vessels , thrown and pinched in porcelain which formed the basis for her larger hand built pieces, one of which was selected for the international ‘Fletcher Challenge’ 
competition, Auckland , New Zealand in 1994 and another for the ‘Millenium Platter’ exhibition at the Powerhouse Museum in Sydney, Australia in 2000.
These larger vessels explore the theme of organic abstraction, combining three dimensional sculptural elements with surface texture and drawing.
After many years teaching in English colleges and schools, Jenny relocated to the USA in 2003 with her husband Geoff — a Painter/Printmaker. They now live and work from their home and studios in La Selva Beach, CA.
Statement:
“My ceramic forms are hand built by pinching and coiling, or wheel thrown and altered. I make individual sculptural pieces – mostly vessels, non-functional bowls and hollow forms. My concerns are with the balance of the piece – allowing it to tilt or lean and yet, remain standing – emphasizing its fragility and also its strength.
My latest pieces are wall mounted – three dimensional rippling surfaces which have been scratched, layered, textured, painted and burnished.
The larger pieces are painted with colored slips, wax and oxides, burnished on the smooth areas and fired to cone 04.
The smaller porcelain forms have sgraffitto or wax markings covered by a matt glaze and fired to cone 9.”
The artwork contained on the pages of this Web site are for screen viewing only. They remain the property of the artist and may not be reproduced without written permission.
©Copyright 2008 Genuine Photography. All rights reserved worldwide