Laura Kolinski-Schultz ♥ terraki2@yahoo.com ♥ 330.324.9319 ♥ www.terraki-teaware.com
P R O F E S S I O N A L
MEDIA
Ceramic art
WORK AVAILABLE
Art A Palooza, Boettler Park, Rt. 241 in Green, August 29, 2009
Wooster Arts Jazz Fest, Downtown Wooster, September 20, 2009
The Canton Museum of Art, Christkindl Markt, November, 2009
Selections and commissions available at www.terraki-teaware.com
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Laura Kolinski-Schultz was born in Lakewood, Ohio, and grew up in Ohio and Georgia. She has had a life-long interest in art and earned her bachelor’s degree in art from Mount Union College and a bachelor’s in art education from Kent State University. In addition, she has many hours of graduate study in art history and art education at KSU.
Laura’s specialty area is ceramic art and she started her business, Terraforms Pottery, in 1996. In 1996, 2001 and 2003, Laura studied with Taiwanese artists Yih Wen Kuo and Ah Leon at Penland School of Craft in North Carolina. Currently, Laura works with clay and teaches pottery in her home studio in Jackson Township and at the Canton Museum of Art. She has taught art at CMA since 1989 and is a member of the Canton Ceramic Artists Guild.
Her new business, TerraKi Tea and Teaware, began in 2003. In this business she combines pottery, tea and T’ai Chi. She presents Chinese Tea Ceremonies and lectures on tea, its cultivation, processing, history and benefits. Her hand-crafted functional pottery is available at local art shows and by commission, and she teaches T’ai Chi at the Canton Museum of Art and The Yoga Place in North Canton.
ARTIST STATEMENT
Fine art pottery, Asian art and a healthy life-style are the basis of TerraKi Teaware. “Terra” means “earth”, and “Ki” is the Japanese word for “energy.” Nature provides the inspiration for the sculptural elements on my teapots. Yixing Teapots, the teaching of Ah Leon (Master Potter), and the animal sculpture of Bart Walters have significantly influenced my work. I produce original artworks in clay, with an emphasis on functionality and style.
ARTIST PORTFOLIO
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