I am forever excited by the tactility of clay. It's a great feeling when someone finds a piece I've worked on and it fits their grip just right, and then a mug I've made gets to be part of their morning routine.. My handbuilt and thrown work serve to emphasize tactility, the construction process, repetition, angle and line. Each piece is one of a kind, and fired in an electric kiln to cone 5. All of the ceramics are dishwasher, microwave and food safe, and are meant for use in the home.
Jill Lawley makes mid-range stoneware in her studio, Boise Mudworks, in Boise's East End neighborhood and teaches pottery classes at her studio and other spots in Boise. Her ceramic work is thrown on the wheel, thrown and altered, and also handbuilt. Jill holds a BFA from the University of Wisconsin at River Falls (1999) and an MFA from Utah State University (2005) in ceramics. She has experience firing wood, soda, salt and gas kilns, and is now working in cone 5 electric firing. Prior to working at Boise Mudworks, Jill taught ceramics at Boise State University, The University of Iowa, UW-River Falls, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts (in Gatlinburg, Tennessee) and Lakeside Pottery (in Madison, Wisconsin). Her pottery is available for sale in Boise at Idaho Made downtown and at Lark and Larder on the bench.
