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College summers were spent learning
about salt glazing, and more about kiln building and firing
in New Harmony, IN, at
U of E’s summer ceramics workshops. My
junior year was spent at Harlaxton College, the U of E’s
extension campus in England. While there, I was able to
visit the studios of many prominent British potters, the
Wedgewood pottery factory, as well as many major museums in
England, Scotland and Ireland. Two months of travel throughout Western Europe,
between semesters, provided the opportunity to see
first-hand hundreds of ancient and modern pots and other
arts in countless museums in many countries, including
Greece. Finally deciding on exactly what field to major in
was difficult, with my interests being strong in art,
geology, and biology – I feel I combined them all with a
focus on ceramics. Following undergraduate school, I was
studio assistant to potter Richard Studley, in Hingham, MA,
near Boston. It was a chance to observe and absorb much
about the realities of making pots for a living. Graduate
school at the University of Illinois followed, under the
direction of Don Frith and Don Pilcher - two of the best.
Following graduate school, two trips to the Yucatan
Peninsula to do construction work in Mayan Indian villages
also provided the opportunity to visit several major Mayan
ruin sites, and local potteries. Travel to Japan in 2002 was
a major career highlight, visiting many museums, potters,
temples and shrines of a country of major influence on me
and my work.
M.F.A., University of
Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, 1981
B.F.A., University of Evansville, Evansville, Indiana, 1976
2006-07: Assistant professor of ceramics, Ohio Weslyan University, Delaware, OH
December 2002: Traveled to Mashiko, Seto, Shigaraki, and
Kyoto, Japan
1986 – Present: Full time artist potter, Peachblow Pottery,
Lewis Center, Ohio
1990-1997: Instructor of ceramics, Delaware County Cultural
Arts Center, Delaware, Ohio
1981-1985: Full time artist potter, Terre Haute, Indiana
Jan. 1984 and Jan. 1985: Worked in Mayan Indian villages on
the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico.
Visited the pottery center of Ticul, and major Mayan ruin
sites.
1982: One of eleven ceramists selected by the Capital
Development Board of the
State of Illinois to have work on permanent display in the
new Law School at
Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois (Percent
For Arts Program)
Summer 1981: Instructor of ceramics, University of
Evansville Summer Ceramics Workshop
(emphasis on salt glazing), New Harmony, Indiana
Spring 1981: Commission: Ceramic wall plaque, installed in
the Roofless Church, New Harmony, Indiana
August 1976 to May 1978: Studio assistant to potter Richard
Studley, Boston, Massachusetts
1976: Instructor of drawing for the Institute for the Fine
and Performing Arts, University of Evansville, Indiana
1975 and 1976: Undergraduate workshop assistant, University
of Evansville Summer Ceramics Workshop, New Harmony, Indiana
1974-1975: Independent study of British potters, while at
Harlaxton Study Center,
Grantham, Lincolnshire, England
December 1974 – January 1975: Extensive travel throughout
Western Europe
1974: Commission: 1000 sq. ft. of ceramic floor tile for the
Barn Abbey, New Harmony, Indiana
I have participated in approximately 90 exhibitions,
taught numerous workshops, and executed many commissions.
Included in the following books:
Making Marks by Robin Hopper, 2004
21st Century Ceramics by Bill Hunt, 2003
Ash Glazes (second edition) by Phil Rogers, 2003
Contemporary Studio Porcelain by Peter Lane, 2003
The Ceramic Surface by Mathias Osterman, 2002
Contemporary Porcelain by Peter Lane, 1995
The Complete Potter: Sawdust Firing by Karin Hessenberg,
1994
Ash Glazes by Phil Rogers, 1992
Ceramics – Art & Perception, Issue 9, 1992
Introduction to Ceramics by Graham Flight, 1991
Ceramic Form by Peter Lane, 1988
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