JANET K. BURNER

"Clay as Art" is my goal and inspiration. The human figure, my life's experiences, animals and images from nature fascinate my imagination; smooth surfaces, texture, movement, and contrasts are often incorporated. I bring my many years of experience to every lump of clay, to shape from nothing, a piece which lives beyond myself with dignity and pride. My intention as a potter was and is a spiritual one — to be one with the earth.                                                                                                                                                      Living in Portugal in 1969 changed my life. I fell in love with art, traveling to cities all over Europe and spending my time in art museums, large and small. Ceramics and drawing have been my focus and life ever since. I opened my business, Sabino Stoneware Pottery in 1972 after an apprenticeship with Harry Holl in Cape Cod, MA. I founded Romero House Potters, Inc. located on the Tucson Museum of Art campus. I actually began teaching ceramics at TMA in 1975 and when the museum informed me that they were closing the studio, RHP was formed and is now a 501(c)(3) non-profit. I also built our large six-foot catenary arch kiln twice, where I load and fire my work and that of my student's. My love for drawing began as a senior in college taken as an elective towards a Bachelor of Science degree in Microbiology. While teaching ceramics at the Tucson Museum of Art, I was afforded the opportunity to take figure drawing classes year after year. Recently, I retrieved, from under my bed, all the portfolios I had stored. I began cutting out what I liked from the best of my fifty years of drawing, creating the collages you see here. I began with my favorites, using the ones on the best paper; creating a theme, a statement, or impression I wished to portray to my audience.  

BS in Microbiology

Senior in Fine Arts from the University of  Arizona

Anderson Ranch, Snowmass, Co.(ceramics), 

Apprenticeship with  Harry Holl, Dennis, MA (ceramics)Internship

Founder Romero House Potters, Inc. Tucson, AZ • Instructor at RHP • ADC juried member • SACA juried member • Owner Sabino Stoneware Pottery • Blue Dome Gallery, Silver City, NM • Michael Jaime Gallery, Ninole, HI

JANET K. BURNER

1019 N. Jacobus Avenue, Tucson, AZ 85705

Tel: (520)624-5201

Email: janet@sabinopottery.com

www.sabinopottery.com