{"id":3607,"date":"2024-11-01T01:17:36","date_gmt":"2024-11-01T01:17:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/butterdome.com\/artist\/pottery-by-heather\/"},"modified":"2024-11-01T01:17:36","modified_gmt":"2024-11-01T01:17:36","slug":"pottery-by-heather","status":"publish","type":"artist","link":"https:\/\/butterdome.com\/artist\/pottery-by-heather\/","title":{"rendered":"Pottery by Heather"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I was born and raised in Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta, where I began potting 54 years ago. After an introduction to the craft through a local pottery guild, I knew my future was to be found in clay. For many years I worked and practiced on a home-made wheel built by my father while I struggled to find my identity as an artist. Today, I live in Bon Accord, Alberta and run Pottery by Heather Studio.<br \/>\nMy work embodies a love of simple, classic forms that reflect my close association with the earth, the creatures that inhabit it and the forces that rule it. I balance production between a line of functional and gift ware and exclusive one \u2013 of \u2013 a \u2013 kind decorative works. Experimentation and personal challenge lead me to continually strive for new shapes and design; I do not want familiarity to become confused with passivity.<br \/>\nAlong the road to success, I have maintained a deep appreciation for the artists and instructors who helped nurture my love of and talent for clay.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":3609,"template":"","meta":[],"artist_type":[4],"class_list":["post-3607","artist","type-artist","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","artist_type-ceramics"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/butterdome.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist\/3607","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/butterdome.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/butterdome.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/artist"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/butterdome.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3609"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/butterdome.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3607"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"artist_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/butterdome.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist_type?post=3607"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}