Living on Maui since 1981, Jennifer retired from full time teaching as an Associate Professor at the University of Hawaii Maui College in 2018. Today she creates salt fired pottery in her Haiku studio and teaches ceramics at the Hui No`eau Visual Arts Center. Her ceramic sculptures are in the collection of the Hawaii State Foundation on Culture and the Arts, and her work has been juried into shows nationally and internationally.
“I consider a piece successful if it has vitality, seeming to come to life when finished. I prefer pit firing and salt firing because the firing adds texture and color to the works that I do not entirely control. Using these firing methods allows me to finish my work at the raw clay stage, employing colored clay, slip, texture, and burnishing when the clay is still being formed. I like finishing the pieces while the clay is still in its most beautiful wet stage, so that the impetus for the entire work is fresh. Inspiration is often found in art made throughout human history, in nature, and in architecture.”
