Denise Woodward-Detrich
Denise Woodward-Detrich is the Director of the Rudolph E. Lee Gallery in the Department of Art at Clemson University. Before joining Clemson University Ms. Woodward-Detrich served as a Master Instructor at the South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts and Humanities and prior to that as exhibitions coordinator at Clemson University from 1996-2000. She received her MFA in Ceramics at the New York College of Ceramics at Alfred University and has maintained an active exhibitions record having been invited to participate in seven national exhibitions in 2001. Ms. Detrich has given workshops in North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee and has been included in publications such as Wheel Thrown Pottery by Don Davis, Best of Pottery, published by Rockport Publishers and Studio Potter magazine.
Artistic Statement:
Utility is paramount in my investigation as an artist. Inspired by mundane activities of the day to day my work focuses on functional objects. I strive to create objects whose purpose is elevated from a purely functional state to one which balances the functional, the visual and the tactile.
The balancing of these relationships has operated as source inspiration for the creation of my work.