A PRESENTATION BY CANADIAN CERAMIST CATHI JEFFERSON Reflecting Nature: Reflecting Spirit
by Ted Presler
Cathi Jefferson’s June 8 lecture was part of the ongoing Artist Lecture Series sponsored by WILL, Mimbres Regional Arts Council and the Expressive Arts Department of WNMU. The free public forum at Parotti Hall consisted of a lecture and slide presentation demonstrating Cathi’s love of nature and her life’s work with ceramics. A studio-trained potter from Vancouver Island and Cowichan Valley, Cathi discussed her decorating and glazing technique, which incorporates soda firings, a variation of the salt firing process in ceramics. Her slide presentation focused on her passion for nature, showing her private studio, which is nestled in a beautiful Canadian woodlands. Her one-of-a-kind ceramic pieces are built from slabs of clay with shapes and decorations inspired by the elements of the forest as well as geometric shapes. Her works consist of both functional and sculptural pieces. Cathi’s technique for finishing her stoneware consists of using salt, which vaporizes at high temperatures in the kiln and interacts with the clay to create a unique glaze that is a joy to see and touch; it can be described as fine as “an orange peel texture.” Her works have many different, rich earthy tones and varying textures. Cathi started in ceramics in 1974, studied at Kwantien College and Frasier Valley College as well as at the world famous Archie Bray Foundation in Montana, the home of contemporary American ceramics and the Banff Centre of the Arts. She teaches ceramics at the University of Victoria and has taught at the Emily Carr College of Art and Industrial Design and several other Canadian art schools. A wonderful evening indeed!

A PRESENTATION BY CANADIAN CERAMIST CATHI JEFFERSON
Reflecting Nature: Reflecting Spirit

by Ted Presler

Cathi Jefferson’s June 8 lecture was part of the ongoing Artist Lecture Series sponsored by WILL, Mimbres Regional Arts Council and the Expressive Arts Department of WNMU. The free public forum at Parotti Hall consisted of a lecture and slide presentation demonstrating Cathi’s love of nature and her life’s work with ceramics. A studio-trained potter from Vancouver Island and Cowichan Valley, Cathi discussed her decorating and glazing technique, which incorporates soda firings, a variation of the salt firing process in ceramics. Her slide presentation focused on her passion for nature, showing her private studio, which is nestled in a beautiful Canadian woodlands. Her one-of-a-kind ceramic pieces are built from slabs of clay with shapes and decorations inspired by the elements of the forest as well as geometric shapes.

Her works consist of both functional and sculptural pieces.

Cathi’s technique for finishing her stoneware consists of using salt, which vaporizes at high temperatures in the kiln and interacts with the clay to create a unique glaze that is a joy to see and touch; it can be described as fine as “an orange peel texture.” Her works have many different, rich earthy tones and varying textures.

Cathi started in ceramics in 1974, studied at Kwantien College and Frasier Valley College as well as at the world famous Archie Bray Foundation in Montana, the home of contemporary American ceramics and the Banff Centre of the Arts. She teaches ceramics at the University of Victoria and has taught at the Emily Carr College of Art and Industrial Design and several other Canadian art schools. A wonderful evening indeed!