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Jennifer Martin Our bodies remember for us. Scars, small flaws, and softened edges become quiet archivists, holding the moments that have shaped who we are. My work begins in that place—where memory meets the physical world—and invites both the tenderness and the ache of lived experience to surface. I move within ceramic tradition but do not allow its lineage to bind me. Clay, in its sensual responsiveness, becomes a partner in dialogue. Using the tools of a traditional potter, I lean away from symmetry and toward forms that echo the body’s own asymmetry—its gestures, its vulnerabilities, its truths. Each mark left on the surface records the rhythm of my hand, yet these traces also stand in for the histories we each carry, ring by ring, layer by layer, like a tree quietly growing its story. Through repeated lines and patterns, I build a language that speaks of memory, gender, identity, and the winding paths of personal journey. Scale and arrangement deepen this exploration. I seek to lift the vessel beyond function, offering it instead as a site for contemplation—of relationships, of lineage, of the narratives that shape us. Whether in paired forms that echo one another, grids of cups that reveal both unity and distinction, or large works shaped from the measurements of the human body, each composition becomes a constellation of possibilities. Viewers are invited to find themselves within these forms, to trace their own stories through the spaces between them. As a final gesture of devotion to the human form, I turn to traditional glazes or exposed clay, allowing them to stand in as the skin of the piece—an echo of flesh, a quiet reminder that our bodies and our histories are inseparable.

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Tile $45.00	Vase $125.00
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Jennifer D Martin

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