ERIC JENSEN

Artist Statement

Words on a page may convey more of a sense of certainty than is appropriate...my statement should probably end in a question mark.

Work proceeds from one stage to another without ever really concluding or settling anything.

Pieces that are made represent points along the way. I'd like to incorporate a little mystery or ambiguity, as an expression of the nature of the process.

Throughout the long history of vessel-making, pottery surfaces have been used to record elements of the life of the vessel-maker. This record becomes part of the context in which the next generation works. The "record vessels" are an attempt to join that tradition.

People and I admire or am influenced by include: Wallace Stegner, shaker furniture, Martin Puryear, water smoothed stones and wood.