emily cox

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Emily Cox, Ceramic Artist
Durham, NC
ph: 919.414.0580

Emily's art...


My work captures the dramatic movement and textures of the wildlife, wind and water of the

Louisiana and North Carolina Wetlands.

 

Little Burn Swamp behind my family's Lake Charles home and New Hope Creek in my Durham backyard provide quick escapes from my domestic life.

 

 In 2006 while on hiatus from my psychotherapy career, I worked on an amazing public art project with a dual focus: mounting Georges Rousse's installations in deteriorating warehouses and revitalizing community involvement in downtown Durham.

See a short slideshow--click here: Georges Rousse Durham Project (2 minute audio slideshow)

 

 

Emily Cox, Ceramic Sculptor

1966: Born & raised in L.C., Louisiana
 
1986-87: Scholarship Year Abroad, Catholic University in Angers, France

1988: B.A. Loyola University, New Orleans  (Public Relations/French)

1988-91: Public Relations French Cultural Services,  French Consulate

1991-93: Apprentice to Director, Ya/Ya, Inc. & Young Artists’ Mentor

1990-1993: New Orleans Academy of Fine Arts (Figure Sculpture/Drawing)

1993-1995: Carrboro Elem. School (teaching asst./social work intern)

1995-97: M.S.W. University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

1996: Begin raising two children near New Hope Creek in Durham, NC

1997-2004: Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Psychotherapist

2004--: Claymakers student, figurative-landscape theme exploration

2006: Georges Rousse-Durham public art project site captain/translator

2008--: Co-pres., Clayworks Guild








 

 

 

 

Liberty Warehouse, Durham

Georges Rousse, Artist

 

 

 Thanks :) 

 Art-critics-in-residence

Healey and Marie Cox-McMahon

Timothy McMahon

 

 

 

 

  DrummerBoy.MargaretGriffin Margaret Griffin is a figurative sculptor and my raku-firing partner. We met at Claymakers 5 years ago where we learned to do Raku-Firing with Barbara McKenzie. Glimpse into the Raku-Firing Process here:

 

 

Glazed Work Before Raku FiringRaku Firing in Progress Vase From Peep Hole

Glazed Work in Raku Kiln

 

 

 

 

Peak Temperature Raku Kiln at ClaymakersBarbara McKenzie's Tong TransferHot Vase into Flaming Pit  

  

 



 

 

 

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Emily Cox, Ceramic Artist
Durham, NC
ph: 919.414.0580