Napa Valley Open Studios
Karen Winograde is a longtime Napa Valley artist whose beautiful pottery is functional for the home and garden. Her love of the land of Napa Valley extends to more than just the landscape. "I love earth, dirt, getting dirty, love making things... and my love for it grows and grows and never gets old."
Winograde first fell in love with pottery in the 60's when she watched clay being made, wedged, formed into pots and fired in a dung fired beehive kiln in Mexico. "I said... I want to do that!"
Karen Winograde is a longtime Napa Valley artist whose beautiful pottery is functional for the home and garden. Her love of the land of Napa Valley extends to more than just the landscape. "I love earth, dirt, getting dirty, love making things... and my love for it grows and grows and never gets old." Winograde first fell in love with pottery in the 60's when she watched clay being made, wedged, formed into pots and fired in a dung fired beehive kiln in Mexico. "I said... I want to do that!"
The pieces Winograde makes are mostly formed on the pottery wheel. She
uses very little glaze or slip as she relies on the method of salt
glazing, wherein the final glazing is part of the firing process. "I
strive to bring to the items used in everyday life a connection between
the artistic and functional," she says. "My hands to your hands." Salt
glazing completes this expression of her process, covering the pots
with a thin durable glaze, allowing form to be the emphasis, revealing
rather than covering the natural texture and body of the clay.
Winograde is delighted to be a part of the Napa Valley arts community.
She loves "the beautiful environment, the community, the group efforts
from college to studio work," she says. "The arts community is so
strong, and I enjoy the opportunity to live and work in very natural
surroundings." Winograde, a veteran Open Studios participant, is the
Cover Artist for the 2009 Artist Catalog. "What I enjoy most about
Open Studios is meeting interested people, cleaning my studio and pots
and setting up the hospitality, then receiving the visitors and getting
to look at my work through their eyes. I like the opportunity to
explain and educate interested people about what I do."
What's next for this talented artist? "The next best pot... my new adventure into wood firing, growing and always learning. I want to experiment more with sculptural pieces constructed from thrown elements, making critters and abstract human forms."
To learn more about Winograde and to plan a visit to her during Napa Valley Open Studios September 19,20 and 26,27, 2009.
CLICK HERE to view some of her work online.
Winograde is delighted to be a part of the Napa Valley arts community.
She loves "the beautiful environment, the community, the group efforts
from college to studio work," she says. "The arts community is so
strong, and I enjoy the opportunity to live and work in very natural
surroundings." Winograde, a veteran Open Studios participant, is the
Cover Artist for the 2009 Artist Catalog. "What I enjoy most about
Open Studios is meeting interested people, cleaning my studio and pots
and setting up the hospitality, then receiving the visitors and getting
to look at my work through their eyes. I like the opportunity to
explain and educate interested people about what I do."What's next for this talented artist? "The next best pot... my new adventure into wood firing, growing and always learning. I want to experiment more with sculptural pieces constructed from thrown elements, making critters and abstract human forms."
To learn more about Winograde and to plan a visit to her during Napa Valley Open Studios September 19,20 and 26,27, 2009.
CLICK HERE to view some of her work online.
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