Mary Jane Lundy(Crescent Clay) Medium: Clay / Pottery"My sculptures are influenced by the 15th Century French ceramist, Bernard Palissy. I create low fired red earthenware sculptures that are inspired by nature inhabiting our land and the Atlantic Ocean." 
Extended ProfileProfile: Bio Mary Jane Lundy has been a full time studio ceramic artist since graduating from the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design University in 2003 with a BFA major in Ceramics. In the fall of 2010 her business Crescent Clay moved into a newly built cottage studio that has a beautiful view of Dutchman’s Cove beside her home in East Dover. A clay sculptor, Mary Jane works with earthenware clay; she is inspired by the sea life found in the Maritime waters of the Atlantic Ocean, and the birds and plant life that inhabit its shorelines. Artist Statement Mary Jane Lundy’s ceramic studio practice consists of hand built ceramic fish wall hangings, tiles, sculptured fish houses, over-sized and small sculptured birds and large table top water fountains. Mary Jane’s ceramics are inspired by the designs of 15th century French ceramist, Bernard Palissy. Palissy used living things such as frogs, lizards, fish, plant life, and shells in creating plaster castings for clay press molds. Like Palissy, who cast only species from his surrounding area, I have limited my subjects to what inhabits on our land, our sky and our ocean here in Nova Scotia. The clay materials she uses to create these works are low fired red grogged earthenware clay and colourful under glazes with translucent colored over glazes along with some textured glazes. Her work can be placed either in the home or garden.
Retail Outlets1. Harvest Gallery 462 Main Street Wolfville, Nova Scotia (902)670-7379/lyndamac@harvestgallery.ca website: http://www.harvestgallery.ca
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