Irene Lederer La Croix

  Rend'L Pottery
  62 Sawmill Road
  Jericho, Vermont 05465

  t.. 802-899-5546
  e. rendlpots@aol.com
 

  Raku Pottery & Tiles

        A lifelong interest in art and art history led me to pursue a degree in secondary education from the University of Vermont. I taught both art and literature in local schools for several years and conducted numerous workshops in clay.  I studied painting and sculpture in Europe and did graduate work in ceramics and painting at the California State University in Sacramento with Peter Vanden Berghe, Bill Allen, and Oliver Jackson.  It was there that I found my direction in clay, which has been focused on raku fired pottery and tiles. The crafts of many cultures have inspired me to decorate simple, traditional forms in a very contemporary manner.  My designs range from simple brushstrokes to intricate abstract patterns and line drawings, which are enhanced by the smoke and flames of the raku process. The surfaces of my pottery are rich in visual texture.  No two pieces are ever exactly alike.  

       This unique pottery is usually wheel thrown, often altered, burnished by hand and fired in an electric kiln.  The pots are then glazed, decorated with various slips and stains and fired again, often multiple times, in a raku kiln to 1850 degrees Fahrenheit.  At this point, each pot is removed and immersed in a mixture of combustible materials. This process imparts a rich black luster as well as a variety of effects created by the smoke and flames.  I have been developing my firing and decorating techniques over the last 18 years at my studio in Jericho, Vermont.  

       Currently I am included in the Vermont Art Council's Artist Register.  My work is displayed at galleries in New England, and the American Craft Council's nationally juried craft shows under the name of Rend'l Pottery.

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