Artist Statement

Liz Vercruysse describes herself as an object maker. The process and repetition of making forms, as well as the freedom to explore these forms are what motivate and influence the finished piece. Her most recent work has manifested into several different completed objects. Making forms and then assembling a finished piece through hanging, stacking, and installation results in a fresh and spontaneous way of working that also allows for experimentation within the form itself. The resulting work has a far more interesting visual vocabulary than any singular form.

After living in Virginia and Hawaii, Liz Vercruysse returned to the Omaha area in 1996. Since then, Liz has continued her studio work, holding a studio at the Omaha Clay Works for two years and then co founding Big Table Studios in March of 2005. Her award winning clay work is exhibited both locally and nationally in group and solo shows including a 2008 Best of Show award in Charleston, SC. Her work has also been shown at the Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, the Joslyn Art Museum, the Museum of Nebraska Art and Woman Made Gallery in Chicago. Her work resides in numerous public and private collections and has also been recently published in Ceramics Monthly, American Craft and Niche magazine (as a 2008 Niche award finalist).