I have often said that my greatest strength as an artist is my very low standards! I love learning new things, and the best way I have found is to get comfortable with being bad at them. My lack of focus means that whenever I have the opportunity to try something new, I jump at the chance, and I am always excited to pass on whatever I have learned! I have been making art in all kinds of media for most of my life. After growing up in Washington, DC, I moved here and graduated from the University of Vermont in 2013 with degrees in Studio Art and Classical Civilizations. I have worked in clay, paint, charcoal, ink, glass, fiber, wood, watercolor, and anything else I can think of! I work as a baker and, occasionally, as a yoga teacher and live in South Burlington with my spouse, our cats, and arguably too many plants.

Johnine has been working in clay at Shelburne Craft School since 2010. During her time here, her work evolved from creating simple bowls to hand building and painting plates and figurines. Her work transforms her love of pop culture, silly puns, and B-movie monsters into bug-eyed ceramic figures and quirky tableware. “Each of my pieces start out as a thought that makes me laugh, and goes from there.” Johnine lives and works in Shelburne with her husband, children, and a rabbit named “Ozzy Osbourne”

Driven to create, explore, and experiment.