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24 -WAI'I:RI or I tziinoNitiu: 'Wt’dllrsdd)‘ April at 1014 Th 1 t t arti t Jessica Steinha"user might have a problem with the label but not with her exhibit Bv Boa VIlBANM. but one of my strength and when: I 77 7 i‘hfillfllwfl” W > 7 g do come in with the art "My gift is that I cart make it fit esstca Steinhauser struggles their home and I'm able to make an with people who describe her ans piece that beats the home." as art artist, even though And after scratching and claw ere's evidence to the contrary at ing to get that recognition. she's the latest exhibit at the Canadian happy her work is also on display in (lay and Glass Gallery, a way that many more eyes can see Iler exhibit offour kachelofenâ€" it than just the personal commis- massive ceramic woodstoves â€" sions that she's done. make a stunning visual impact in "I wanted to show people that the gallery and challenge the per these could be truly arts pieces so I ception offonn just following func- made a canvas and collaborate tion. with Ryan Price to do the drawings But she has a hard time con. on the oval one," said Steinhauser. vincing herself she is an artist. even “Then I have one I call my Canadi~ with the endorsement of a national an kachelofen where I stylized the gallery like the one in Waterloo. In maple keys and made the into a her native Germany, working as a trim. When you look at it, the green potter was considered a nude. kind of reminds you of maple keys And when she was diagnosed when you look up into a tree.” with dyslexia in Grade 3, she decid~ It is one of three new exhibits at («I that working with her hands was the Clay and Glass Gallery featuring something thatwould bea bigpan Jessica Steinhluser's kadnlofenmapemonalpasioninpreservingmmformthat basyetto make serious awardrwinning glass artist John of her future. So she started her inroads into the Canadian consciousness mum-rum") Paul Robinson and and exhibit apprenticeship at 18. and learned called Myth and New Func the skills that come with being a to burn four or five small log for 8 installation of these massive works just to teach myself.” said Stein» tion/Non-Function' Design as potter whole day while heating the home of art and has received commis- hauser. “Then to find someone to Exploration in the Shantz Gallery “I knew that I had to do a trade and hearth. sions from all over the continent. install them. there's not really any? showcasing anists and designers at more than anything, and I knew Frederick the Great of Prussia “You see very simple ones now body in North America, so now I the forefront ofmodern design. that this was my route in life," said once even staged a competition to that have simple lines. and in some install with a guy from Austria who Being part of the exhibits featur \tt-inhauwr "It was more trade find the oven that could burn the ways I think are very ugly." said tonicsoverloreach installation " trig sortie well known names has than .irt [lit-.iri tomes Liter least amount of wood, and the Sit-inhauser ‘ llit' antique ones are But she persisted, (‘Vl'll after it Siernha’user finally softening her "I would I]¢'\.t‘l hau- I .illi-d ti-rartnt' ovens are still one of the rust phenomenal with st ulpttirt-s left her on the brtrik of finant ial stanceon calling llt'ru‘ll an artist invselfan artist tlii-n, .indt-vcn mm most ('m( it-nt heat sources in the on them ,, it was amazing what rutri before a timely arts grant “It's a huge honour to be- in it I would call myself it potter not an world Hie secret is the ceramics tbeymuld do with them." helped her finally realize her nsion. national gallery and stir h .i resin-t I must ' that keep the fire radiating while ()ne ofthose antiqui- kacht-Infen “It's been a “RNA/(‘8! struggle." ed one. espocmlh .is .t porn-r to hi- IIiii that is t hanging tor the never letting the exterior get too on display at the (lay and (ilass said Steinhatiser "Being a produc part ofsuch a great plat in" \lrc said (.ut-lph based "artist " who runs bot to tbetouch (.allery serves as a source for her tron potter with this huge project "l feel proud that I've lllhtlh Ithllit‘ Mont-house Pottery, and admits "During my apprenticeship in inspiration. 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