"Life is a journey not a destination" 

Dawn's Journey Is An Ever Changing And Growing Body Of Work...
          Born and raised in West Michigan, Dawn has been involved in ceramics since the age of 2, when her mother opened a hobby ceramics studio.  Having been actively involved in her mother's business and enjoying every form of art she could, Dawn learned to love art.
          Dawn attended college for interior decorating, but life led her in many different directions and away from creating art.  After many years of a successful real estate career, she realized a part of her  was starving and needed to be fulfilled.  Knowing that she was meant to do pottery, Dawn took a class at Kendall College of Art and was hooked.  She began purchasing equipment and every book she could find.  Her tenacity (or stubbornness as some who know her  well might call it) and her desire to learn have fostered great growth in her career in pottery.
          2002 was an exciting year:  Dawn opened Khnemu Studio's gallery, joined Blue Coast Artists, and was featured on TV for her pottery.  Her  work is already in private collections all over  the world.  Dawn's work can be seen at Khnemu Studio, various art galleries and art fairs.  Contact the studio to find out where her  work is currently being shown.
          With much hard work Dawn's dreams are coming true.  She appreciates the people in her life who have loved, taught and supported her on the journey.  Special thanks go to her loving and supportive husband and mom.  Dawn dedicates her studio to the memory of her father and all he taught her.

Artist's Statement
Preservation, nature and knowledge are key to my life's journey.  I am motivated by an intense inner-drive to create and to impart what I have learned to others.  My work consists of unique firing techniques, final outcome of which, in part, demands an acceptance of the innate beauty of a natural process and the beauty of things imperfect.  The non-traditional interplay of classical forms and natural processes embodies the Japanese aesthetic of Wabi Sabi, which is concerned with the beauty of studied simplicity and harmony with nature.

Khnemu Studio
In Egyptian mythology Khnemu was the god of creation.  It was believed by the ancients that Khnemu fashioned man and the gods on his potter's wheel.  "Khnemu" literally means molder or sculptor.  He is represented in hieroglyphics as the ram-headed god.  Khnemu Studio is a place of creation.  The clay comes from our earth, my hands are the vessel that creates the form, and the fire is what gives life to my creation.  Without these elements it would still be the dirt we take for granted.