Lindsay Rogers

Artist Statement
As the daughter former of antique dealers I grew up with a distinct admiration of the history I saw in many of the objects that surrounded me. Each table, each plate, each garden tool visibly affected by what had come before me. Heavy in each of them were the stories (and promise) of wonderful meals, terrible falls and hundreds and hundreds of hands. As a child I used these things, made my marks, and went on without them. There is an excitement I feel in creating something new from the earth that holds not just my marks, but also the hope that someday it will hold way more than just the history that I send through my hands. I have been very visually inspired by weathered wood, growing lines and general markings of time and movement. I am physically inspired by that which I tend with my hands but goes on to happen without me. In the end, I would like my pottery to possess the respect I feel for all of the old objects I have come in contact with, as well as the excitement I feel for the new and growing. I wish for each piece that I create to stand alone as a little ceramic snap shot of the way I interact with the world.

Artist Biography
Lindsay began her formal artistic training at Sarah Lawrence College as a printmaker. After graduation in 2001 she moved to New Haven Connecticut where she took her first pottery class. It was there that she met her teacher, Louise Harter, who quickly became a good friend and a continual motivating source for creating pottery. In 2005 she was offered a residency position in Natchez, Mississippi. For two years she worked with potter Conner Burns in the Natchez Clay teaching studio. Lindsay currently works as a resident artist at the Energyxchange in western North Carolina.