Avis Akers Cherichetti
Avis has been an active potter for 30 years, exploring
various ceramic techniques. Studying pottery at Stetson University
in 1962, she realized that was the way she wanted to spend her time. She
participates in numerous workshops and classes annually, continuing her
adventure in clay. She has made hand built pots and pots on the potter's
wheel. She’s fired pots in electric, gas and oil fueled kilns as well
as pits, saggars and trash cans. Says Avis, “As I continue to design
and refine the objects that I make, I find a rhythm and joy in life.”
If one word could describe her work it would be the word "Diverse"
— That includes work as well as studio spaces. Some pots are meant to
be used and some pots are nonfunctional. Avis makes pots for birds and
flowers and pots for people and pets. Some pots are for decorating homes.
Any of these pots might be high temperature fired stoneware or lower
temperature fired Raku or Saggar pieces.
Diversity in the creative environment is very much part of the
process. Avis has a studio at home at Honey Hill Farm in Granby, CT.
She also participates in a pottery cooperative called Expressions Pottery
Workshop in E. Granby, CT., where she teaches adult classes.
Avis participates annually in Granby Artists Open
Studios, Granby, CT. She exhibits weekly at the Simsbury
Community Farmers Market in Simsbury,
CT, from June until October. She
was awarded a 2002 Individual Artist Fellowship from the Greater Hartford
Arts Council, Hartford,
CT. Her work is represented in the permanent
collection of the Slater Museum in Norwich,
CT.
Affiliations
Granby Artists
Association, Inc., Granby,
CT – www.granbyartists.org
Expressions Pottery Workshop, E. Granby, CT
- www.expressionspottery.com
Awakenings Natural Healing, Simsbury, CT
– www.awakeningsnaturalhealing.com
Simsbury Community Farmers
Market, Simsbury, CT – www.simsburyfarmmarket.com
