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Passion for pottery drives local business owner, artist

 

"CHEYENNE - When Maura Jacobsen was 5 or 6, she used chalk to draw a picture of clowns on black construction paper.

The drawing is the first artwork she remembers creating and the start of her lifelong love of art.

Jacobsen was at her father's office in Denver that day more than 30 years ago. He liked her drawing so much that he displayed it on his office wall for years.

She has the drawing now, and even though they have faded some, the clowns still mean a lot to her, she said.

Jacobsen changed the medium for her artwork through the years. She creates hand-thrown and hand-glazed stoneware pottery. She has been a professional potter for 22 years.

She recently opened Wyo Art Factory at 1506 Thomes Ave. in downtown Cheyenne inside the old Asher-Wyoming building. Here, she shares her love of art and also sells her work.

"It encompasses an artisan's market, my studio, classes and open studio time," she said.

The space for classes is an important feature. "I felt there was a need to be able to offer classes to kids and adults," she said.

Growing up in Denver, her parents nurtured her love of art by taking her to a special place Sunday afternoons.

She went to Miss Busnito's home. Jacobsen and other children would come to the woman's Denver home and work on their art in her basement.

"The basement was just jam-packed with art supplies," she said. "You could do whatever type of artwork you wanted. She had this basement full of treasures." She went to the woman's home until she was in high school.

Jacobsen graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Wyoming.

She didn't find out about working in pottery until she was in college."

 

Read more:

http://www.wyomingnews.com/articles/2014/09/08/news/01top_09-08-14.txt#.VC1FmTa86Hs

http://www.maurajacobsen.com

http://www.scienceclarified.com/Ca-Ch/Ceramic.html

 

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