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An interview with
Jeff Wenzel
What drew you to abstraction as a mode of expression?
When did you first start creating sculptural ceramics and how did that come about?
I grew up without any real art exposure and I don’t remember ever going to an art museum. The art in our house was for decoration: black velvet paintings and plaster figurines bought in Tijuana. When I was in college, I went to the ceramics department to make my girlfriend a coffee mug for her birthday. It was after hours and the ceramics instructor was there doing his own work, making these odd gourd-like forms with little handles on them. He was paddling them and standing them so that they would lean in just this certain way. I asked him what those things were for, and I still remember his answer word for word: “I would hope that they are inspiring.” ...
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