Karen Fisher Pottery and Arts
Karen Stevens Fisher is an artist living in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. She has had her hands in art materials and clay since her earliest days at Greenwich House Pottery’s afterschool program in New York City. In 2015 she turned her energy toward creating a life as a full-time ceramic artist and arts educator.
A daughter and granddaughter of artists, she grew up surrounded by creative people and art supplies. She also has an abiding interest in the study of ancient cultures and art history. Her participation with several archaeological digs in the Middle East informs her awe for the timelessness of art crafted by hand. The photo below was taken in Cyprus in the late 70's. She has unearthed
Bronze-age pottery and felt the finger impressions of artisans from long ago.
Her time at the Ghost Ranch Retreat Center in New Mexico nurtured her understanding of the sacredness of the creative process and working with with one's hands. Drawn by the elemental nature of clay, she explores form and surface textures with one of the oldest and most versatile materials on earth. In addition, she has expanded her creative work to include collage and mixed media.
Teaching gives her the opportunity to share her joy of the creative process with adults and with children. She teaches wheel-throwing and hand-building clay classes at the Community Clay Studio in Chapel Hill, NC. As an Artist in Residence at the Sally Jones Pottery Center in Black Mountain, NC, Karen has enjoyed sharing her clay journey with a wide variety of spiritual seekers. Karen has also served as a docent at The Ackland Art Museum in Chapel Hill.
Karen is an active member of the Orange County Artists Guild, the North Carolina ClayWorks Guild, and the Triangle Potters Guild. Her work is available for sale during her open studio events, by appointment, and at the NC Botanical Garden in Chapel Hill.
