Featured Artist for September: Meghan Merkey

We sat down with Meghan to ask her about how she got started and what inspires her work.  

Here is what we learned!

"I started working with clay when I was an early teenager and loved the freedom it allowed, and the therapeutic response I got from being completely focused on what I was creating. I decided to further my education in ceramics and received my bachelors of fine arts from Northern Michigan University. Since then I have stayed active in the ceramics community doing an artist in residence at Watershed Center for Ceramic arts in Maine and entering shows, now having moved to Montana I am creating work to share with the people who come through Paint, Metal and Mud. 

People often ask me what exactly they are looking at and I tell them that they are creations inspired by the natural world. They aren't any specific plant species nor is it my intention to try to replicate nature, I simply bring an abstract vision to life. 

The journals that are being featured this month started from making a book for myself. I chose a children's book and made it my journal. A good friend of mine saw if and requested one for herself and one for a gift, from there it has grown into something that I love to make and introduce to peoples lives. Journaling has always been a big part of my life and I get excited when people want to write their thoughts or feelings in one of my books."

Stop by the gallery to see Meghan's unique ceramics as well as her fun secret journals!

http://gleanandwinnow.wordpress.com/