Blog

This blog is a space for sharing thoughts from the studio and reflections from the road. I write about my ceramic process, evolving bodies of work, travel experiences, and the ideas that shape how I think about making. It’s an ongoing journal that connects place, practice, and perspective.

Janette Harwell Janette Harwell

Clay and Creatures

Animals are alive. That's really it. Over the years I've made a raku tiger, a raku elephant, naked raku gazelle horns, duck sculptures, a dove, a hummingbird, a whale whistle, and a frog on a lily pad. Each one came from somewhere specific. A place, a moment, an obsession. Some have photographs. Some don't. All of them have a story.

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