My good friend Mike Ririe followed up his spotlight of me with another photo session, this time in the BYU Ceramics lab.  He interviewed me and took pictures of me working through some of my sculptures.  If you’d like to see head on over to his BLOG and enjoy the article.  While you are there feel free to leave any comments.

On another note, I have been working steadily away and have ceramics for sale, contact me for pricing and more information, I will ship the pottery so those of you who are out of town need not feel left out.  I will post pictures of the work later on today, so check back often.

– Jerel

Michael Ririe a good friend and fellow world traveler of mine has posted a spotlight of me on his photography blog michaelririe.com.  He came out to BYU a couple of months ago when I was demoing at BYU’s “Wide-Open Spaces” Exhibit Opening Fiesta and took pictures of me in action.  Michael is an amazing photographer who’s hard work and training is really starting to show in the art he is producing.  Being roommates in Italy we got to know each other pretty good and I would recommend him to anyone who needs photo work done.  Go on over and take a look at his photographs, and while you are over feel free to leave him a comment or two.

– Jerel

I am happy!  What else is there to say? I am surrounded by a wonderful supportive group of family and friends.  The time I spent at the storytelling festival was great.  I really enjoyed the interaction I had with other local ceramic artists and all of the attendees of the festival.

Things are moving forward.  I recently received notification from Lark Books that the submission I made to them a year ago has been accepted for inclusion to their upcoming publication “500 Raku” this next Spring 2011.  I am searching out and preparing work for submission to different shows and exhibitions around the country.  I hope to get some broader exposure to the work I am doing.

I now have a space at B.Y.U. to work on my projects.  I am happy to be working up there and expanding my abilities.  I have been awed by the other students work and am really excited to learn from them and Von Allen.  Von has me looking up a list of other artists to gain more insight and perspective on my own processes.  One of these artists Lisa Clague gave a great quote from another artist William Daley when she was interviewed for Ceramics Monthly; it reads, (continue reading…)