Susan M. Sutherland Barnes
“ A REAL BOWL FROM A REAL LEAF”
Home Studio: 712.328.7862
Email: toconeten@aol.com
Council Bluffs, Iowa
www.smsbarnes.com

My commitment to creating art has been a life-long adventure. I began as a painter/printmaker turned weaver and fiber artist. And while my education in ceramic is traditional, this broad base of experience in other media informs my work. I feel free to manipulate and decorate clay based on my needs rather than a preconceived notion of how clay should look.

Do you remember when, as a child, you had a first experience with clay, pushing leaves and grasses into the surface to create an image? I never got over that discovery. All these years later, having put aside my canvas and shuttles, I continue to explore the possibilities created when object meets wet clay. Nature is, as always, a predominate theme.

Artwork and Media:
Leaf & Lace Bowls: Cone 5-6 Stoneware & Glazes:
Stoneware Basket Bowls: Stoneware + Woven Reed
Raku Fired Bowls and Lampwork Beads