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minister at the church my family helped found in Seattle. I soon learned that wasn’t really a viable career path for a young woman in the 70’s, so I began down a social work path. Spring term, I took ceramics, Poetry and the Mystical Experience, and Lutheran Studies, and had an epiphany about my calling and became an art major. I ended up transferring to the UW to study with Patti Warashina and Howard Kottler, because I was more into handbuilding than throwing. While I was at the UW, I worked in fiber

, including ceramics, temari balls (a Japanese thread-art form), knitted and crocheted objects, quilts, 3D printing, welded steel, woodworking, textile embellishment, origami, metal-folding, and water-sculpted brick. After being unveiled in December 2021, the traveling installation will appear in venues such as art museums, universities, science museums, and mathematical and scientific institutes. After completing its sojourn, Mathemalchemy will be on permanent display at Duke University. The project is a

toward my BFA with a concentration in Ceramics. On schedule to graduate in the spring of 2017, I currently live in Federal Way, Washington with my husband, two children, and three dogs. ARTIST STATEMENT I am motivated to share the beauty in the natural world through my art. Inspired by the curves and patterns that can only be found in the unpredictable world we inhabit, I strive to strike a balance between form and the environment. Using clay as my medium, I create simple forms that are meant to

aspirations. Ultimately, I want to live in a developing country and pursue avenues for community development — specifically focusing on education systems. In graduating from PLU, I feel as though I am now spinning a globe in search of meaningful adventures. Chelsea Putnam – Bachelor of Fine Arts in ceramics Why PLU? I decided to come to PLU for two main reasons. One: I absolutely fell in love with the campus and the area when I came to visit (it must have been a sunny day, such a commodity!). Two: I had