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A bowl of gratitude to start a new year

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Minneapolis artist Lynn Sarnoff–Christensen has been a potter for over 30 years. She is continuously reinventing her focuses with new creative directions. The path of growth, if you will. Her perpetual focus is on texture and colors, and most of her work reflects nature and her gardens that she nurtures so passionately. Lynn is a contemporary artist whose work has been shown in galleries and juried shows throughout the country. Over the years, her work in clay has had a consistent focus on organic surface design. The better part of her focus is hand-built ceramics. She says getting to know the personality of the clay body and what it is capable of doing is paramount. With the process of hand building, she knows the characteristics of the clay and how she can manipulate and alter the imperfections and textures she creates.
Lynn keeps the shape simple and lets the surface design speak for each piece.
“A Bowl of Gratitude” is a series Lynn created to give people a means to express their appreciation for others. It’s an opportunity to give gratitude and embrace it, as well. She feels it is the absolute gift you can give anyone. Lynn is proud to say the she lives in a place of gratitude. It is an ongoing practice. She believes we are pulled into so many directions we sometimes forget to be still in the moment and if we all chose to see life through the lens of gratitude, we could be a calmer culture – a culture made up of people who support one another with appreciation and recognition.
Lynn creates bowls so you can fill them with gratitude… both physically and metaphorically. It is a healthy exercise to allow yourself the time to reflect on the people and events that contribute to your life. It’s a fabulous feeling to express gratitude and receive it, as well. She invites businesses to think about what their appreciation initiatives look like and how they can become more personal and genuine with work that is hand made.
Careful thought, process and distinctiveness go into each of her pieces. She seeks to make each as unique as the recipient. Whether you gift Lynn’s work to foster you personally or your business relationships, the practice of sharing art is individual and genuine.
Gratitude Bowls can be purchased at the Everett & Charlie gallery in Linden Hills or thru Lynn’s website and Etsy.
http://www.abowlofgratitude.com
https://www.etsy.com/shop/ABowlofGratitude

Suzie Marty is an artist and curator at Everett & Charlie art gallery in Linden Hills. She is also an avid supporter of buying local, and a sales representative for the Southwest Connector. Contact her at ads@swconnector.com.

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