Artist Bio
Carrie Kersey was born in Scottsdale, Arizona and was fortunate to have an artist path laid out before her. Her father, a geologist, was also a woodworker and instilled not only his work ethic in her but a love for natural beauty. At a young age, she would assist her father while he worked on various wood projects or would accompany him at geological dig sites. It was at these dig sites where Carrie got her first taste of clay, the sensation of the clay between her fingers and toes would be recreated later in her life as she came to focus in her ceramic art career. Carrie’s mother and her grandfather, a commercial machine upholsterer, taught Carrie how to sew and stitch, while drawing was introduced by her grandmother. Porcelain, the core component in Carrie’s work, captivated her interests at a young age. Her Aunt Dee was a porcelain doll maker and gave Carrie her very first electric kiln. These elements combined with her upbringing with a desert for a backyard and her father’s woodshop as a playground, exposed Carrie to the art and the beauty of nature at a young age. Yet, despite all of these factors in favor of the artist’s life, Carrie did not immediately embrace the arts.(read More)
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