Emily Potter

BIO

Growing up amidst the vast, rolling fields of Northwest Ohio, Emily Clair Potter developed a deep appreciation for the natural world. The rhythmic repetition of organic forms has profoundly shaped her exploration of the intimate connections that exist within the shared structures of living beings. Potter began working with glass in 2018. She was drawn to the material’s fluidity and transformative nature. She continues to explore the way glass moves, shifts, and connects, reflecting the continuous and interconnected cycle of life. The inherent fluidity of glass allows Potter to investigate how organic forms can morph and flow into one another, creating a dynamic, evolving relationship between form and structure. Her work has been recognized with accolades, including a research grant through Bowling Green State University, her alma mater where she received a Bachelor of Fine Arts.

Potter is currently based in Kansas City, MO, where she’s the Glass Annex Program Coordinator at Belger Arts.

Artist Statement

Emily Clair Potter developed an early awareness of the relationship between softness and structure. Influenced by the drape and flexibility of textiles alongside the rigidity and light of glass, her work explores the tension and dialogue between these opposing qualities. By translating the visual language of fabric folds, weight, and fluid movement into glass, she creates sculptures that capture softness in a material perceived as solid and fragile. Her work exists in the space between these two materials, investigating how structure can hold the illusion of movement and how permanence can preserve something inherently flexible and temporary.

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