![Mittens with Hair Medallions by Maggie Jaszczak](/sites/default/files/styles/banner_tablet/public/Mittens%20with%20Hair%20Medallions%20by%20Maggie%20Jaszczak.png?h=015b96b9&itok=YGgJ-hUP)
Maggie Jaszczak
2019 Essential Artist Award
I have worked with clay for almost fifteen years. Making and living with pottery for this length of time has shown me the simple power of everyday objects. As a result my practice has evolved to include more and more mixed media objects. These objects derive from the everyday – brooms, combs and chairs for example –
but they do so with a sculptural intent, to highlight the simple inherent beauty of useful things and the materials they are made from. I am drawn to natural materials, such as linen, leather, wood and bone, for their minimal textures and colors and their natural processes – mildewing fabric, shrinking leather, and cracking or worn wood. These markings, paired with my own process markings – pulled stitches, puncture holes, or brush lines, provide most of the decoration in my work. My aesthetic draws from my cultural lineage, blending the crudely-hewn functionality of pioneering North America – bread bowls, troughs and baskets, with the simple, clean lines and minimalism of Northern Europe, and the odd, small homage to the textile arts of Britain’s Romantic past. While I continue to maintain my ceramics practice I have been working to shift the balance of my practice towards this sculptural work, working more with mixed media, particularly leather and wood.
Artwork
![Comb Set by Maggie Jaszczak](/sites/default/files/styles/oc_thumbnail_large_2x/public/Comb%20Set%20by%20Maggie%20Jaszczak.png?itok=dlOzfeix)
![Comb Set by Maggie Jaszczak](/sites/default/files/styles/large_800/public/Comb%20Set%20by%20Maggie%20Jaszczak.png?itok=MGyXjjXA)
![Wash Trough with Lines by Maggie Jaszczak](/sites/default/files/styles/oc_thumbnail_large_2x/public/Wash%20Trough%20with%20Lines%20by%20Maggie%20Jaszczak.png?itok=yOJk8CFt)
![Wash Trough with Lines by Maggie Jaszczak](/sites/default/files/styles/large_800/public/Wash%20Trough%20with%20Lines%20by%20Maggie%20Jaszczak.png?itok=YcFYBOL0)
![Fan by Maggie Jaszczak](/sites/default/files/styles/oc_thumbnail_large_2x/public/Fan%20by%20Maggie%20Jaszczak.png?itok=mGswDWT3)
![Fan by Maggie Jaszczak](/sites/default/files/styles/large_800/public/Fan%20by%20Maggie%20Jaszczak.png?itok=pim6eKdC)
![Shirt with Fan by Maggie Jaszczak](/sites/default/files/styles/oc_thumbnail_large_2x/public/Shirt%20with%20Fan%20by%20Maggie%20Jaszczak.png?itok=CQBrMI1_)
![Shirt with Fan by Maggie Jaszczak](/sites/default/files/styles/large_800/public/Shirt%20with%20Fan%20by%20Maggie%20Jaszczak.png?itok=UWnB8rwX)
![Leather Trough by Maggie Jaszczak](/sites/default/files/styles/oc_thumbnail_large_2x/public/Leather%20Trough%20by%20Maggie%20Jaszczak.png?itok=ZVIbe43q)
![Leather Trough by Maggie Jaszczak](/sites/default/files/styles/large_800/public/Leather%20Trough%20by%20Maggie%20Jaszczak.png?itok=NOcpNqvu)
![Mittens with Hair Medallions by Maggie Jaszczak](/sites/default/files/styles/oc_thumbnail_large_2x/public/Mittens%20with%20Hair%20Medallions%20by%20Maggie%20Jaszczak_0.png?itok=mG2ucIN-)
![Mittens with Hair Medallions by Maggie Jaszczak](/sites/default/files/styles/large_800/public/Mittens%20with%20Hair%20Medallions%20by%20Maggie%20Jaszczak_0.png?itok=FFPHlTmw)
![Smocked Hide by Maggie Jaszczak](/sites/default/files/styles/oc_thumbnail_large_2x/public/Smocked%20Hide%20by%20Maggie%20Jaszczak.png?itok=sKpm_qON)
![Smocked Hide by Maggie Jaszczak](/sites/default/files/styles/large_800/public/Smocked%20Hide%20by%20Maggie%20Jaszczak.png?itok=MhGllydS)
![Black Basket by Maggie Jaszczak](/sites/default/files/styles/oc_thumbnail_large_2x/public/Black%20Basket%20by%20Maggie%20Jaszczak.png?itok=aPjNADx4)
![Black Basket by Maggie Jaszczak](/sites/default/files/styles/large_800/public/Black%20Basket%20by%20Maggie%20Jaszczak.png?itok=tGggcygv)
![Large Brush by Maggie Jaszczak](/sites/default/files/styles/oc_thumbnail_large_2x/public/Larch%20Brush%20by%20Maggie%20Jaszczak.png?itok=Wef3I8PQ)
![Large Brush by Maggie Jaszczak](/sites/default/files/styles/large_800/public/Larch%20Brush%20by%20Maggie%20Jaszczak.png?itok=3jRUuFub)
![Carved Chair by Maggie Jaszczak](/sites/default/files/styles/oc_thumbnail_large_2x/public/Carved%20Chair%20by%20Maggie%20Jaszczak.png?itok=hIBF4uHW)
![Carved Chair by Maggie Jaszczak](/sites/default/files/styles/large_800/public/Carved%20Chair%20by%20Maggie%20Jaszczak.png?itok=racHsLci)