Meet the Artist: Jennifer Wankoff
Jennifer has been making pottery since she trained in Israel in 1997, taking lessons while working on a kibbutz and apprenticing thereafter with a Jerusalem based sculptural potter. Israel immersed Jennifer in a diverse Jewish cultural world of folk art and introduced her to the sabra's deep connection with Israel's land and agriculture. Jennifer's current works are wheel thrown, often faceted with a wire, and then bellied out from the inside creating movement inspired by nature’s ubiquitous spiral. The sections then become a guide for patterned glaze decorating or as a background for imagery. Of particular inspiration to her glazing is Persian patterning on pottery, the designs used in historic marriage contracts (Ketubah) and the traditional art of paper cutting.
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