“Martin’s work is an physical expression of her life. Her interests in food, gardening and sustainability inform the choices that she has made about her working process. From using local clay and firing her wood kiln with scrap and discarded wood from a local saw mill, Courtney is able to make her environmental footprint as close to carbon neutral as possible. ”

“Her work is an invitation to appreciate beauty in embellishment, yet it maintains a firm foothold in traditional vessel making. Each piece is a marriage of elegance and utility. ”

“Viewed as individual pieces, the work stands alone as an abstracted canvas reminiscent of a Motherwell painting. Yet when viewed together as you might see at a dinner party the patterns blend and shift creating new visual narratives, new abstractions encouraging the viewer to slow down and enjoy. ”