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Meghan Bernard, artist<\/p><\/div>\n

By Gina Malone<\/p>\n

Meghan Bernard found her passion for clay while a student at Michigan State University studying Art Education. \u201cI loved the flexibility and science in the medium and couldn\u2019t get enough,\u201d she says. \u201cMy grandma Edith gifted me a potter\u2019s wheel for graduation that I still use today.\u201d Bernard now shares her knowledge with young artists at Tryon Arts and Crafts School, but spends most of her time creating pots in her own studio. \u201cI love the solitude and the satisfaction in making things,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n

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Meghan Bernard, artist<\/p><\/div>\n

She need only look outside the windows of her studio for inspiration. \u201cI\u2019ve always looked at the flora and fauna that is surrounding my work space,\u201d she says. \u201cAll of the animals I carve into my porcelain pieces visit my yard and home. I focus on who shows up. For example, the Tufted Titmouse design came from a baby bird my daughter found and helped me raise during the pandemic. We fed him and set him free, and he would still visit with us in the yard. My newest design is a black cat. She was a feral stray that had kittens under my house; we took her and her babies in. After rehoming her kittens, we kept her. She\u2019s now the best studio assistant. Her name is Twinkie, and she loves to sit on my wedging table while I work, and she helps me garden.\u201d<\/p>\n

Process for Bernard begins with a sketchbook. \u201cI do exhaustive studies of the animals I\u2019m focused on until I\u2019m satisfied with my ideas,\u201d she says. \u201cThen I have to translate that to the pots.\u201d Often weeks of trial and error are needed before she is satisfied with a design. \u201cIt\u2019s a long process full of failures and problem solving,\u201d she says. \u201cBut once my design is sorted and consistent, I offer it to the public.\u201d<\/p>\n

Her porcelain pots are thrown on the wheel and then carved and hand-painted with underglaze. She decides on forms that will work to best effect with the carved images. The pots are then fired in the kiln, glazed and fired again.<\/p>\n

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Meghan Bernard, artist<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cI love the process,\u201d she says, \u201csome parts more than others, of course. But at the end of all the steps and successes and failures, you get this shiny little object that feels good in your hand as you drink your first sip of coffee out of it. I love how meditative my time in the studio feels. It\u2019s so rare for my brain to just focus on one thing. I\u2019m usually multitasking, and it\u2019s a relief to be able to pay attention to what my hands have to do right now.\u201d<\/p>\n

Her work is available regionally at 7 Sisters Gallery in Black Mountain. \u201cWe love how Meghan\u2019s work brings a smile to everyone\u2019s face,\u201d says gallery owner Andrea McNair. \u201cAnd the quality is second to none.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bernard\u2019s own childhood in Detroit was filled with opportunity for creativity and she has brought that energy and openness to her own home. \u201cMy husband is a painter\/printmaker and my daughter is currently in the middle of about a million art projects,\u201d Bernard says. \u201cWe are definitely a house of makers here in Tryon.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Meghan Bernard, artist<\/p><\/div>\n

As she creates, she enjoys thinking about where her pieces go once they leave her studio. \u201cI love being a small part of people\u2019s daily rituals and habits,\u201d she says. \u201cBe it a mug or a vase, I\u2019m delighted to have a hand in something that gives someone joy.\u201d<\/p>\n

Find Meghan Bernard\u2019s work at 7 Sisters Gallery, 119 Broadway Avenue, Black Mountain. Bernard\u2019s Tryon studio is open by appointment by emailing meghanbernardpottery@gmail.com or by calling 828.337.7398. Learn more at MeghanBernardPottery.com<\/a> and on Instagram @meghanbernardpottery<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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