John Ransmeier

Making pots is about evolution. As long as I feel my work is progressing, I don’t worry. Not long ago, I tried to maintain control over surfaces and glazes. In reaction to that, I have gravitated toward a looser way of making pieces using glazes that I couldn’t control even if I tried. Perhaps reduction firing, with its own tendency toward variation has nudged me in this direction. I am always looking for ways to allow my work to progress. There is a saying, “At the point of origin, lie the most possibilities.” My goal is to keep enough freedom in my work to allow those possibilities to take form.

Weaverville, NC | Exhibiting Since 1998