Jane Couch-Osmelowski is retired from a combined 38-year career as an art educator, both as an elementary art teacher and an adjunct instructor in art education at USC. She focuses on ceramics, sculpture and fiber arts.
Artist Statement
I create to explore social and political themes in sculptures and create functional sculptures through a variety of processes. The pieces can vary from hand building, traditional wheel thrown, and slab thrown forms on the wheel. I use red clay from my yard to pigment the clay and explore surface enhancements through a variety of glazes, multiple firings and rust techniques. I have been creating sculptural crowns and figures for commentary on society, narrative themes, politics.