Colander by Jenni Brant Artist_Jamie Shelman Raku built vessel

Raku built vessel

I paint wild animals and scientific equipment to create poignant and sometimes humorous tensions between humans and the natural world

Although classically trained at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris

I taught at the Des Moines Art Center for 29 years and now work full time in my personal studio in a renovated carriage house

Colander by Jenni Brant Artist_Jamie Shelman Raku built vesselHandmade by Jenni Brant of Dubuque, Iowa. Perfect for rinsing and serving berries! Each colander starts as a lump of moist clay that is shaped on the potter's wheel. Once the clay stiffens, the narrow foot is trimmed, the side are darted, the lip is cut and pitched and the holes are added. Colored slip dots and lines were applied with a metal tipped slip trailer, wrapping the piece in pattern that is both tactile and beautiful. The colander is glaze