Lana Heckendorn

Ceramic Pottery, Carlisle PA
I am inspired by mathematics in nature, Oribe ware, and Antiquities, especially from the Minoan culture. My soothing color palette includes a mix of earthy greens, browns, and yellows partnered with twilight blue-violets and pale blue-greens borrowed from sky and water, all on a canvas of glowing white porcelain.
These functional porcelain pots are wheel-thrown or hand-built, sometimes in combination, and have hand-drawn patterns. I use multiple glazes of different surface quality (satin, gloss, speckled) on each piece to create dynamic but quiet color compositions. The glazes are of my own making, the result of extensive testing to achieve unique surface qualities and colors.