Biography
The biography.html page repeats the later biography also found at about.html, maintaining a second URL from the old About navigation.
“It comes as no surprise that I make functional pots. Growing up in a family comprised of an inventor, quilter, seamstress, carpenter, and two farmers, a love for food and creative endeavors is in my blood. I choose to make highly decorative functional pottery, combining historical ceramic influences with a modern design sensibility.”
Biography
Kristin grew up in Cottage Grove, Minnesota, on the southeast edge of St. Paul, between city and farmland. The historical text recorded undergraduate study focused on Studio Arts and a ceramics M.F.A. completed in Pennsylvania in 2004, where it said she developed a love for earthenware.
It next described a five-year period heading a university ceramics program in St. Paul before leaving to start a family. The biography listed residencies in Montana, Japan, and Maine, support from arts organizations in Minnesota, teaching locally and nationally, and exhibitions across the country. Third-party institution and organization names are omitted.
The biography ended with a studio in Eden Prairie, Minnesota, family life, and a garden on a former family berry farm. These are dated details. They do not establish a current address, studio status, occupation, or family circumstance.
Why both biography URLs survive
The navigation linked /biography.html beneath About, while the compact Info page linked “bio” to /about.html. An older /bio.html page also appeared in the site. Maintaining all three avoids choosing one modern URL at the expense of the historical paths.
The versions are intentionally distinguished. bio.html preserves the earlier career-change narrative and Maplewood ending. about.html pairs this later text with the same documented statement. This page records the navigation's explicit Biography destination.
The image is an editorial table scene reflecting broad functional-pottery and food themes. It is not artwork by Kristin Pavelka or documentation of any studio, object, or collection.