October 2013

Penland School of Crafts in Penland, NC, Offers Works by Martina Lantin

The Penland School of Crafts in Penland, NC, is presenting an exhibit of works by ceramic artist Martina Lantin, on view in the Focus Gallery, located in the Penland Gallery through Oct. 27, 2013.

Lantin creates ceramic tableware from earthenware clay, which she likes to call “chocolate porcelain.” Her unique forms are made by wheelthrowing combined with off-the-wheel alterations. Her pieces, she says, are meant for everyday use.

Most of Lantin’s work is made in multiple parts and pieced together leaving some of the seams visible. A thin layer of white slip serves to accentuate the construction methods and to invite an exploration of the making process.

“I seek to evoke nostalgia in the future by making pots that are reverberations of the past,” she says. “I draw inspiration from early English porcelain and cream ware. I provoke a tension between the elegant handling of the material and the rugged connotations of the clay body.”

Born in Montreal, Canada, Martina Lantin received her Bachelor of Art from Earlham College and her Master of Fine Art from Nova Scotia College of Art and Design University. She has been an artist in residence at Baltimore Clayworks and Arrowmont School of Art and Craft in Gatlinburg TN. She has taught workshops at Penland School of Crafts and Arrowmont. Currently, Lantin is a professor at Marlboro College in Marlboro, VT.

Lantin’s work has been featured in Ceramics Monthly and shown in numerous juried and invitational exhibitions. She has also published articles in both Studio Potter and Pottery Making Illustrated.

Along with this special exhibition, the Penland Gallery has a sales area featuring work in all media by artists affiliated with Penland School of Crafts. Located on the Penland School campus, just off Penland Road in Mitchell County. The gallery also offers tours of the Penland campus on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

Penland School of Crafts is an international center for craft education dedicated to helping people live creative lives. Located in Western North Carolina, Penland offers workshops in books and paper, clay, drawing and painting, glass, iron, metals, printmaking and letterpress, photography, textiles, and wood. The school also sponsors artists’ residencies, an outreach program, and a gallery and visitors center. Penland is a nonprofit, tax-exempt institution which receives support from the North Carolina Arts Council, an agency funded by the State of North Carolina and the National Endowment for the Arts, which believes that a great nation deserves great art.

For further information check our NC Institutional Gallery listings, call the gallery at 828/765-6211 or visit (www.penland.org/gallery).

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