2021 Ceramics
Erin Hill | Altoona
Erin Hill Art Studio
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Erin Hill Art Studio was started in 2019 when Erin made the transition to fulltime art-making after 15 years of teaching art. Previously Erin graduated from UNI with an undergrad in art education in 2003. Each piece is designed uniquely, often incorporating functional form and sgraffito surface design.
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Greg Lamont | Ames
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Greg Lamont Greg has been making pottery in Ames for over 20 years. His pottery reflects Korean and Japanese folk pottery traditions and their influence on western pottery making. Believing that a substantial part of the beauty of handmade pottery lies in its use, Greg creates vessels intended to take an active part in one’s daily life, through the preparation and serving of food and drink and in decorating one's surroundings. Greg's pottery is wheel-thrown stoneware and is fired to vitrification. Vessels intended for food or drink are food safe, dishwasher safe and safe for use in conventional and microwave ovens.
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Eric Peterson | Perry
EJP Pottery
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Possessed with a natural curiosity, Eric’s interest in pottery began in high school and further developed at the Octagon Center for the Arts, in Ames, Iowa where he was able to practice and perfect his art with
hours of open studio time at his disposal. Following this training, Eric apprenticed at a local interactive outdoor museum where his hand-thrown stoneware took shape. The simplicity of both form and function became a priority for him and his work reflects that in a variety of functional stoneware and earthenware that appeal to the eye and meet practical needs. Using a variety of clay, glazes, slips, and more recently, hand-etched drawings by his wife, Betsy, Eric’s work continues to develop into a variety of forms including flowerpots made with local Dallas County clay, pitchers, mugs, bowls, porcelain dishes and whimsical ware. Eric’s experience, hard work and fine-honed skills are evident in each piece. |
Ruben Ruiz | Huxley
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My fascination with nature is a major influence in my work. My aim is to create pieces that inspire a smile. it was in 2005 that I came in contact with clay for the first time, at the Irvine Fine Arts Center in California where I learned wheel throwing. The hand building part of my work is a self-taught process.
My work is made with porcelain or stoneware clay. I wheel throw most of my pieces and then either alter them, add texture, and/or create sculptural details. Each piece is individually glazed and then fired in a reduction atmosphere at a temperature above 2100 degrees. |
Dan Sorensen
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Dan graduated from Luther College with an Art Education major in 1968 with a emphasis in ceramics under Dean Schwarz. Following graduation he spent the summer at Pond Farm Pottery studying under Marguerite Wildenhain. The fall of 1968 Dan began teaching Art K-12 in the Swea City School system, met his wife Judy and they raised their family in a house with a stone foundation and Stone Cellar Pottery was born. Dan taught for 35 years retiring in 2003 and now devotes his time making pottery. Dan’s work is decorative wheel thrown stoneware, and follows the Bauhaus tradition of form follows function.
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Alex Wilson | Des Moines
Alex Wilson Pottery
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I've been a potter for forty years, making ware for ordinary folk to use and hopefully enjoy.
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