Details
| First Name | Damienne |
| Last Name | Ehlenfeldt |
| Nickname | Drgnffairy |
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My Ceramics
| In the studio I like to do | Handbuilding, Sculpting, Slip casting |
| Pottery Wheel | None Right now |
| Clay body | Earthenware |
| Clay Brand | #46 Buff Stoneware Clay |
| Kiln Type | Electric Kiln |
| Kiln Atmosphere | Reduction Atmosphere, Oxidation Atmosphere |
| Temperature | Cone 5 or 6 |
| Glaze | Amaco Glazes |
| You can buy my work from | My etsy page once I am finished with my class, as they are all part of my grade. |
About Me
| Introduction | My name is Damienne Ehlenfeldt, although everyone calls me Dani. I am from Grand Rapids Michigan, and I interested in learning as much as I can. I am currently taking Pottery 101 at my local community college as an art elective for my AA degree. I love what I have done so far and my Professor thinks I should consider a career as he was shocked I had never taken a pottery class before. I learned a lot from the different videos and websites that he sent us to for research. I plan to do more pottery and will be taking the throwing class in the fall semester. I have only used hand built techniques and I am looking for a pottery studio with a kiln that I can belong to for pay a firing fee so I can continue to create. |
| What I Love about Ceramics | I love the creativity of it, I really enjoyed my sgraffito project for class, and would like to do more. I also like being able to create something that can be used and not just hung on the wall like my illustrations and paintings. |
| How I started with ceramics | I needed more art electives for my degree that were offered in the evenings as I work full time during the day and I am going back to school in the evenings. After being told they were not going to offer the drawing and painting classes I wanted to take when I could take them, one of the only remaining options was Pottery 101. I am so glad I took the class and have fallen in love with creating in clay. |
| What inspires me | I am inspired by nature and also my own artwork. I am a Certified Zentangle Teacher and I really had fun adding in Zentangle decoration elements on my finished pieces or when glazing. |
| What I'm working on at the moment | I am currently working on glazing all the hand built boxes, lanterns, bowls, and vases that I made in class before the end of the semester. |
| My Artist Statement | I don’t really have a clear artist statement when it comes to ceramics, as I am still learning and don’t really have a vision of where I want to go with this. |
| My CV | As an artist I participated in ArtPrize 2017 and ArtPrize 2018, I sold both pieces. |
