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December 2014

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255 "I'm still working on my form," she admits. "I like round things and I have always liked to make usable things." But now she is finding that "usable" doesn't only mean practical. "Usable for the soul," is how Worrall describes the evolution of her work. So she is expand- ing her creativity, freeing herself up to the point where she's exploring abstract ideas. "If my art makes someone happy, that's incredibly important. It's a way of getting someone out of [negative] feel- ings by looking at a piece of work. Some pieces just make you feel good. I'm start- ing to look at my art that way." The artist mixes her own glazes, con- tinually experimenting with a variety of colors: greens, blues, grays, and blacks. Having tested more than 60 glazes, she is in awe of a potter she met who said he has tested 10,000. "I'm still testing new ones. If they don't do what I want, I move on to a diff rent one," she says. She uses an electric kiln, which "gives a beautiful finish to the pot." When firin , Worrall will sometimes use a saggar—an enclosed ceramic con- tainer. Inside, she will place leaves, sea- weed, and other vegetable matter. When removed from the kiln, the pottery will be imbued with brilliant touches of color. Worrall is among a number of excep- tional Cape Ann artisans who create use- able art for the home as well as the soul. She works at her Gloucester home studio and sells her work from various shops on the North Shore. rockyneckartcolony.org

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