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Jennifer Ranz works with a variety of materials for creative expression. For 40 years she has transformed clay into a variety of shapes, sometimes decorative, but almost always functional. Jennifer takes each fine porcelain piece through several steps; shaping, hand glazing, painstakingly embellishing each with a gold swirl or zig zag, then fired. The forms are precious to hold and finished with a wide palette of Jennifer’s own glazes.
Jennifer Ranz also runs Turning Stone Farm in Greensboro, Vermont, where she has restored the historic 1880’s barn and repurposed it as a shop for her pottery, a gallery for her paintings and photography, and an event venue for local and visitors to gather for weddings and special events. Vegetable and flower gardens, berry bushes, fruit trees and a greenhouse keep her busy and inspires her artwork in ceramics and painting. Her watercolors depict the visual richness of the changing seasons, pastoral settings, the character of local architecture and the color and moods of everyday life in the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont.