Gayle Fichtinger is an artist based in New London, New Hampshire. Her current ceramic sculpture is the outcome of intensive nature study and travel to China researching scholars stones and Yixing ceramics. She lives and works in the former 1824 Low Plain School-American Legion Hall.
"On slow walks in the forest I'm drawn to the oddities, the disruptions in the growth patterns of trees like fungi, burls, and gnarls. Through my work I hope to elevate the overlooked and discarded bits and pieces of nature for a deeper understanding of the ecosystem."