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"Forming A Friendship"
John Wrenn & Judy
Geerts
John Wrenn and Judy Geerts met over nine
years ago at Ox-Bow, The School of the Art
Institute of Chicago’s summer artist’s colony. John was a visiting artist
and Judy was a ceramics student. What began as a
student-teacher relationship has evolved to the
showcase of dramatic work that you see today.
Raku is a firing method taken from a 16th century
Japanese process in which the piece is removed
glowing hot from a 2000° kiln and placed into combustibles. The resulting smoke and flame create a serendipitous display
of vivid color on copper patina and unique
carbon patterns on a piece’s unglazed areas.
Raku is
capricious. The blazing
colors have a mind of their own and there is just so much the artist can do to guide them in the right
direction. 
But the hard work, dedication and inspiration that John and
Judy build into their individual pieces isn’t
capricious at all. And
what they create from the flames is a blend of
science and color built on the art that they love.
Raku
Click here to download John Wrenn
resume
Click here to
download Judy Geerts resume
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