Jessica Kreutter - "I touch each thing knowing we disappear"
2021, H 4” x W 8”x D 3.5”, Media: Porcelain, Firing Process: Electric, Mid-range, Surface: Glazed, Lustre
2021, H 4” x W 8”x D 3.5”, Media: Porcelain, Firing Process: Electric, Mid-range, Surface: Glazed, Lustre
Jessica Kreutter - "The body becomes earth becomes anthills becomes the smallest rose becomes laughter becomes air"
2021, 10” x 9” x 7”, Media: Porcelain, Firing Process: Mid-range, Surface: Glazed, Lustre
2021, 10” x 9” x 7”, Media: Porcelain, Firing Process: Mid-range, Surface: Glazed, Lustre
Jessica Kreutter - "We are all the unknowns that disappear into the world (accumulating into a glowing prism of everything)"
2022, H 4” x W 6” x D 8” each, Media: Porcelain, Firing Process: Electric, Mid-range, Surface: Glazed, Lustre
2022, H 4” x W 6” x D 8” each, Media: Porcelain, Firing Process: Electric, Mid-range, Surface: Glazed, Lustre
Jessica Kreutter - "In memoriam"
2022, 7” x 3” x 7” each, Media: Porcelain, Firing Process: Electric, Mid-range, Surface: Glazed, Lustre
2022, 7” x 3” x 7” each, Media: Porcelain, Firing Process: Electric, Mid-range, Surface: Glazed, Lustre
Jessica Kreutter - "ghost, rock, dirt, fire"
2021, 8” x 3.5” x4” | 7” x 3” x 3” | 6” x 4” x 4” | 5.5” x 3.5 x 3.5, Media: Porcelain, Stoneware, Firing Process: Electric, Mid-range, Surface: Glazed, Lustre
A phantom ghost of our bodies forever disappearing Hard rock, eroding into sand Lush soil, depth of dirt, bark of a rotting log Barren charred earth, wood turned to charcoal
2021, 8” x 3.5” x4” | 7” x 3” x 3” | 6” x 4” x 4” | 5.5” x 3.5 x 3.5, Media: Porcelain, Stoneware, Firing Process: Electric, Mid-range, Surface: Glazed, Lustre
A phantom ghost of our bodies forever disappearing Hard rock, eroding into sand Lush soil, depth of dirt, bark of a rotting log Barren charred earth, wood turned to charcoal
Jessica Kreutter - "Berenice (resting)"
2021, 15” x 17” x 9”, Media: Porcelain, Stoneware, Firing Process: Electric, Mid-range, Surface: Glazed, Lustre
2021, 15” x 17” x 9”, Media: Porcelain, Stoneware, Firing Process: Electric, Mid-range, Surface: Glazed, Lustre
Jessica Kreutter - "Earth is our body (detail)"
2019, 33” x 22” x 22”, Media: Porcelain, Firing Process: Electric, Mid-range, Surface: Glazed, Lustre
2019, 33” x 22” x 22”, Media: Porcelain, Firing Process: Electric, Mid-range, Surface: Glazed, Lustre
Jessica Kreutter - "Earth is our Body ( branch)"
2019, 4” x 11” x 8”, Media: Porcelain, Firing Process: Electric, Mid-range, Surface: Glazed, Lustre
2019, 4” x 11” x 8”, Media: Porcelain, Firing Process: Electric, Mid-range, Surface: Glazed, Lustre
Jessica Kreutter - "Forest Floor"
2018, 29”x 42”x 20”, Media: Porcelain, Stoneware, Firing Process: Electric, Mid-range, Surface: Glazed, Lustre
2018, 29”x 42”x 20”, Media: Porcelain, Stoneware, Firing Process: Electric, Mid-range, Surface: Glazed, Lustre
Jessica Kreutter - "Amalgamation of Hushed Places"
2013, 96” x 109” x 50"
2013, 96” x 109” x 50"
Artist Statement
In the depths of the forest floor, growth is produced from detritus. In these pieces, body forms, nature and destruction intermingle and grow out of each other. Our bodies are tied to the land we walk on, to the earth we nourish and to the earth we destroy. We carry the same DNA as plants and live from the oxygen plants produce. The atoms in our bodies come from stars and will eventually fall to the ground to reintegrate into nature. As we die and disappear, the earth will continue to transform and grow.
Bio
Jessica Kreutter grew up in Denver, CO, received a BA in Anthropology/Sociology from Lewis & Clark College in Portland, OR and received a MFA in ceramics from The University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Jessica has been a resident artist at Anderson Ranch, Vermont Studio Center, Art342, PlatteForum, Caldera, Oregon College of Art and Craft, The Houston Center for Contemporary Craft and Red Lodge Clay Center. In 2016, she was a recipient of a Houston Arts Alliance Individual Artist Grant. She is a full-time art faculty member at Houston Community College where she teaches ceramics and sculpture.