03 Jan Hosanna White
Hosanna is a pigment forager, earthenware potter, and earth artist of Northern European-American descent living on Kalapuya land in the foothills of the Cascades in Western Oregon.
Through working closely with the clays and stones of the landscape where she is a guest, she has been drawn into their geological narratives. These ancient and recent history reflected in the rocky landscape, roadsides, and deposits of the valley connect her to the enoughness and beauty of nature’s limits. Facing compulsive consumption, feeling the grief for the land, and challenging complacency have become the inner foundations of her work and purpose, among relationship building and magic making with her materials.
Hosanna has been dedicated to working with wild clays for eight years, since first learning about pit fire pottery at Spirit Weavers in 2016. The unique personalities of each clay, their feel in the hands, and the elemental magic of working with the earth to create beautiful forms has completely captivated her.
Hosanna White will be sharing Shaping Earth & Fire: Earthenware Pottery.
