OUGD602/ Jen Kuroki

Jen Kuroki

"In junior high school, I painted. In high school, I drew. At UCLA, I was introduced to hand building and object making.

Years later a good friend convinced me to pry myself away from my computer and get dirty. She enrolled me in an early am wheel throwing ceramics class. Being a graphic designer, I had a hangup about ceramics. I thought it was too hippie. Too touchy feely. Too messy. I would never have guessed that I would fall in love with it.

Nearly 15 years later, I am still getting dirty. I moved on from that early am class, studied in Japan under two different master potters and now have my own studio where I throw on an amazing Shimpo wheel. It was my years practicing ceramics in Japan that really molded the maker that I am today."