Christopher Rosenbluth is an award-winning writer, artist, and teacher. Originally from the suburbs of New York City, he has called New Mexico's Mesilla Valley home since 2010. Always looking for new creative outlets, he dove head first into ceramics, learning from the many artists who make the Southwest a mecca of pottery in America. 

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When he's not at the wheel, he can be found at the keyboard writing fiction and screenplays or in front of a classroom at New Mexico State University, where he works as a professor in the Department of English.

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ARTIST'S STATEMENT

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"Almost Perfect is the creative mantra behind every piece I make. I tend toward perfectionism, and toward deep self-criticism when things don't reach that level. But pottery is almost impossible to make perfect in any objective sense. There are too many outside forces at work — the composition of the clay, the speed of the wheel, the humidity in the air, the texture of the glazes, and the unpredictable alchemy of the firing process. You can't possibly control them all and maintain the connection to the materials and the finishing process. When you look at and hold a piece of handmade pottery, you're connecting to that process as well. So while the piece itself might offer variations in texture or color beyond your expectation or planning, these things remind you where it came from and how it was made. You can't get that in something mass-produced and sold at a big-box store. Perfect is just an idea. The job of the artist is to strive for it, of course, but you have to accept you'll never quite get there. In the process, though, you share something of yourself with anyone who connects to the work and appreciates it on some basic, instinctual level. In this way, Almost Perfect is as good as it gets."