Nancy Newlove McElroy

Nancy Newlove McElroy is a renowned 3D pottery, clay, and Raku artist. In her "retirement," she produces functional ware while pursuing sculpture by combining wheel and hand-built pieces. Clay offers her the most freedom as it responds to pull and push, resulting in three-dimensional expressions of her inspiration. Skill on the potter's wheel and hand-building techniques develop only by repetition. Glaze and clay science are an integral part of one's success. Fire transforms the ceramic structures to the hardness of unrecyclable stones that become relics discovered in the future. Realizing this, Nancy inspires to leave only the best visual statement of her voice.