Aleta Chandler is a native East Tennessean. Her first love, Brian, endures her second love, clay, with a smile. Though she enjoys working with a multitude of media, she is foremost a potter. Currently she works in her home studio, selling her work through local galleries and teaching clay classes.

ver-nac-u-lar
pertaining to a style of architecture exemplifying the most common techniques, decorative features, and materials of a particular historical period, region, or culture

whim-sy
an odd or fanciful idea

Artist Statement

“The pieces are made with stoneware clay that has impurities. When fired, these impurities show as black specks on the surface. I chose this clay body because the color adds warmth and the black specks give a dilapidated look. The additional hues come from oxides and colored slips. Most of the pieces also have steel or brass nails fired into the clay.”

Shown Right: conceived, contracted, flourished, clay, 7.5" x 10" x 5"

Arts at the Airport receives funding for the visual arts from the Metropolitan Nashville Airport Authority (MNAA) and the Tennessee Arts Commission (TAC). The Flying Solo Exhibition Series is funded under an agreement with the TAC. For more information about Arts at the Airport, please call (615) 275-1614.