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Joyce Diveley's Arts and Crafts Style Pottery

Welcome to my website! If this is your first visit, please take a little time and browse the galleries and view samples of my current work in clay...you will see a variety of Craftsman Style or Arts and Crafts Style pottery that are of my own designs. And read about the artist....that's me! If you are a repeat customer, welcome back, because this year, I have a new message for all friends, family and lovers of the arts!

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Many poeple I know are fascinated when I tell them I gave up a career as an architectural designer to become a pottery artist. They always say they are so impressed and support the arts, but how many of us really do? When you add up the money we spend foolishly on disposable items.....gourmet coffees, trendy clothers, etc. I am sure we could spend a little more money on really good art! And when you really think about it, what is usually the item in the museum that typifies a generation of people? It is usually their art! Be it a painting, a piece of pottery...my favorite....or a beautiful song, art tells a story and writes a history of who we are and where we came from. So this should be simple....visit local art galleries, art shows and websites and buy art you like! Buy things that make you feel good, are pleasing to your eye and maybe, in the case of pottery, makes your table bright! Buy what moves you, what speaks to you. Be a patron in your home town....when you shop for gifts, weddings, holdiays, buy something meaningful from a local artist. I know I still have a wonderful hand made copper dish I received as a wedding gift many years ago...and it is so special to me....much more than a set of tupperware tubs....so get out there and SUPPORT THE ARTS!

2009 "People's Choice Award" presentation for the "Driftless Area Art Festival".....Jerry Quebe(left), Liz Quebe(right), Co chairs of the show, Me (second from left) and Deb Accker, Viva Gallery, Viroquoa, Wisc....I won "People's Choice" out of 85 artists!

MY INSPIRATION! I am inspired by nature and change my direction with the changing of the seasons.  Red earthenware is predominant in the fall and winter because it is warm, earthy and organic. Lighter colors seem to inspire my work in the spring and summer. An Arts and Crafts linear style is always present in my work. The tree is a reoccuring theme that is the basis of all that surrounds my pottery shed, and is why I live in the Midwest where thechanging of the seasons is so obvious by just watching the trees.My functional work is often whimsical and quite detailed. My wall art can be realistic, such as an egret in flight, or abstract with just the essence of nature shown by a curling dried leaf in winter, or a flitting dragon fly in summer. My clay is light hearted, brilliantly colored, creative and unique.  No two pieces are ever exactly alike!

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