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About:
Artist Nancy Jacobsohn
BFA, Pasadena
College, California
I don't know
when the urge to create began. It's always been there. It
began with painting and drawing, but once I discovered
sculpture and particularly clay, I was obsessed. There is a
prose poem by Byrd Baylor that states, "Clay remembers
the hands that made it." I love the fact that you connect
directly with the clay with your hands and it responds almost
like a living thing. Although many images inspire me, horses
are my passion…. That thousand pounds of grace, power and
energy has never failed to inspire me. My intention is not to
create a "realistic" portrayal of a horse, but to
capture the gesture, the moment. Ancient Chinese and Etruscan
images of the horse have strongly influenced my stylized
images.
I have been
Raku firing many of my latest pieces because I feel that the
smoke and fire give added life to the artwork in spite of the
increased risk of breakage. No matter how excited I may be
about a finished sculpture, there is always an overwhelming
sense of anticipation about the next one to grow out of the
clay.
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