All other photos: M eredith Host
Host’s foldedpigs line,
she channels her love of
horror movies, includ-
ing the Zombie series
(middle) and the Eat
Your Heart Out series
(bottom). She recently
added the Bone Appetit
series (top), with rib
cages, skulls, and other
osteological images.
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Host enjoys working with
surface decoration so much,
she’s thinking about diversifying again.
Her fetching designs - such as this
Dot Dot Doily dinner set pattern -
would make for eye-catching fabric,
curtains, stationery, and more.
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g r a d u a t e s c h o o l ; t h r e e y e a r s o n ,
i t ’s w h a t h a s i n s u l a t e d h e r f r o m
n e e d i n g a s e c o n d j o b .
O f c o u r s e , b a l a n c i n g t w o
li n e s i s n ’t e a s y . “ T h i n g s h a v e
t o t a k e o v e r w h e n t h e y n e e d t o
t a k e o v e r , ” H o s t s a y s . S h e h a d
a s u r g e o f g a l l e r y i n t e r e s t in h e r
D o t D o t D a s h w o r k e a r l i e r t h i s
y e a r , f o r e x a m p l e , a f t e r s h e w a s
r e c o g n i z e d a s a n e m e r g i n g a r t -
i s t a t t h e 2011 N a t i o n a l C o u n c i l
o n E d u c a t i o n f o r t h e C e r a m i c
A r t s c o n v e n t i o n . T h a t m e a n t
s h e d i d n ’t t a k e f o l d e d p i g s o n
t h e r o a d t o i n d i e c r a f t s h o w s
t h i s s u m m e r a s m u c h a s s h e h a s
i n t h e p a s t . B u t a s t h i s h o l i d a y
g i f t s e a s o n a p p r o a c h e d , H o s t
w a s p r e p a r i n g t o r a m p u p b o t h
b o d i e s o f w o r k a g a in .
Dot Dot Dash
tumblers, 2011
porcelain,
iron oxide decals
5 x з in. dia. each
“ I t ’s b e e n a l e a r n i n g e x p e r i -
e n c e , ” s h e s a y s , a d d i n g t h a t p o t -
t e r s w h o m a k e a li v i n g s t r i c t l y
o f f t h e i r w o r k a m a z e h e r . “ I ’m
h o p i n g w i t h i n t h e n e x t c o u p l e o f
y e a r s t h a t m y p r i m a r y w o r k w ill
b e t h e b r e a d w i n n e r , b u t f o r n o w
f o ld e d p ig s t a k e s u p t h e s la c k .”
T h a t s a id , s h e ’s c e r t a i n l y n o t
c o m p la i n in g : “ I ’m j u s t s o h a p p y
t o b e f u ll - tim e in m y s t u d i o . ”
-JULIE K. HANUS
m e r e d i t h h o s t . c o m
J u l i e K . H a n u s i s
A m e r i c a n
C r a f t
’s s e n i o r e d i t o r .
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