JoAnn Patterson
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JoAnn Patterson works in various mediums including porcelain, stoneware and earthenware. She has achieved a remarkable level of excellence utilyzing a variety of methods including throwing on the wheel,, slipcasting, slab building and coil wrapping. She is a highly evloved artist with a clear and distinct style. Her sense of design is clean, yet organic resulting in works that exhibit a sense of peaceful simplicity combined with quiet earthiness. Below are several of her scultured forms standing sentry to the door of a Los Angeles home.

Joann Patterson pours slip into
a mold to make a sculptural bottle.
A fired sculptural vessel
is ready to be removed from
the kiln. Patterson often
puts her work through
several firings to achieve
her desired glaze.
