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J. NICHOLS CLAY BOTANICALS |
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Jimy Nichols |
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About The Artist |
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Phone: 270.349.4160 E-mail: info@jnicholsclaybotanicals.com www.facebook.com/jnicholsclaybotanicals |
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Jimy Nichols has always led a creative life. Majoring in Garment Design, Pattern Making and Construction, Jimy began his artistic career within the textile industry in his hometown of Paducah, Kentucky. In 1994 began working at a local ceramic shop. This is where his journey with clay and glazes began. “Taking what I learned at the ceramic shop, I began to experiment with clay. I started sculpting animal figures like those I had seen in the Staffordshire pieces from England. My work then graduated to fruits and vegetables in life-size forms. In studying the fruits, I realized that they needed flowers and leaves to enhance their life-like appearance. While developing the flowers for these pieces, I was asked if I could make a single flower that could be ‘planted’ into a pot as though it were growing. “ Motivated by live plants as well as photographs, Jimy studies every aspect of a flower to capture the necessary detail to recreate them in clay. A single flower can contain as many as 450 individual pieces. All components, from the pot to the delicate petals, are handmade, hand painted, glazed and kiln fired. The naturalistic flowers feature intricate details such as a tiny hole eaten by an imaginary bug or a sun kissed leaf. After many years of private sales through boutiques and designers, J. Nichols Clay Botanicals opened on Broadway Street in Paducah Kentucky in December of 2010. |
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Intricate floral designs handcrafted from Kentucky Tennessee clay. |
