Today’s post is a tribute to the beautiful ceramic art across the USA.
The details of ceramic art often go unnoticed by those that don’t have an interest in the community, but today, I’d like to highlight some of the beautiful works that exist — specifically in America.
Here’s a list of the finest artists across the country, in no particular rank, order, or popularity:
1. Mark Goudy
Mark Goudy Art
2. Jojo Corvaia
Jojo is an American based outside of the US, his designs are unique.
3. Chaargoush
Chaargoush Ceramics is based out of Seattle. The owner, Behnaz Sharifian specializes in folded ceramics. The look, feel and attention to detail is exceptional.
4. Shikha Joshi
The pottery from Shikha looks very similar to the Japanese Bizen-ware pottery, but it’s made in Austin! Shikha Joshi “explores surface variations with the constraints of an electric kiln,” creating objects that are unique and one-of-a-kind.
5. Wild Wind Pottery
Wild Wind Pottery, based out of Santa Clarita, California, follows the taste, style, and aesthetic of its founder Ian. The shop was set up as a project by the founder, aside form his full time job as a ceramics teacher. The pieces are bright and refreshing.
6. D-Haene Studio
The brainchild of artist Jane D’Haene, the art draws from minimalist forms of traditional Korean pottery. She introduces new textures, colors, and design elements which reflect her heritage. D-Haene Studio is based out of Brooklyn, New York.
7. Ceramicah
L.A. based CERAMICAH has some of the most beautiful aesthetics when it comes to ceramic art. The operation, run by two former architects offers wheel-thrown lamps and vessels influenced by their love of organic forms, and the beautiful landscape of California.
8. Single-Tooth Productions
Made in Indiana, these beautiful vessels are made with deep attention and care from start to finish. The founder, Noelle Hoover, is inspired by forms from nature, imitating the swell and movement of cumulous clouds into functional shapes. He adds elements together in multiple glaze firings, the repetitious process ends up creating one-of-a-kind functional pieces.
9. Takuro Shibata
Based in Seagrove, North Carolina, Takuro brings in a unique Japanese aesthetic to the North American pottery community. He specializes not only in pottery-making, but also in ceramic materials. Takuro has previously researched local clays, and set up a local clay making project in 2005. Today, he ahs developed a national reputation as both a ceramic artist and a clay specialist. His work is widely covered in the media, and he is a member of the International Academy of Ceramics.
10. Cheryl Ann Thomas
One of the most iconic American ceramic artists, Cheryl has a very unique way of making art. Danese Corey very nicely describes her method:
“Meticulously layering thin, serpentine strands of clay, Thomas begins by creating tall columns (generally 4 to 5 feet high) that are intended to “fail” and collapse in the kiln, incorporating the concept of chance or happenstance into the work, as the title of the show suggests.The resultant “ruins” are then conjoined and fired once again, creating and recreating, by design and chance, a paradoxical syntax of temporal consumption and destruction, meticulous order and arbitrary chaos… In Thomas’s own words, “[the] work is an intimate and experiential inquiry into fragility and loss. I construct, I sabotage, I reconcile.” It is ritual in the guise of craft.”
11. Bell Hill Pottery
Connecticut based Will Talbot creates Japanese-inspired wood & soda fired ceramics. Will’s love for nature and Japanese culture has inspired his work. His pots are unique, and he warps every part of the object to create unique shapes that flow from base to lip.
12. Lisa Fleming
Based in San Francisco, Lisa creates unique and subtle shapes. She has a background in Fine Arts and Graphic Design. She tastefully creates objects that ‘please her eye’.
13. Jonathan Yamakami
Based in Los Angeles, Jonathans figures are inspired by sea creatures, botanical life, and other figured from his childhood in Brazil. His shapes are unique, and look beautiful when the light hits it from different directions.
14. Caspi Ceramics
Uriel Caspi creates contemporary ceramic art visually inspired by the archaelogical remnants of the Middle East and the aesthetics of future design. He is a current long term resident at the Archie Bray Foundation for the Ceramic Art, MT.
15. Sara Paloma Pottery
Bay Area resident, and ceramic artist Sara Paloma creates unique long-neck vases with distinct features. She experiments with different color palettes, and different types of glazes. Her shapes remain consistent, a clear mark of her works.
It was very hard to stick to 15, since there are many more talented artists in America that I would love to write about in the near future. So maybe I should call these the first 15 I’m featuring.
I always love to include smaller and newer artists that dont have a huge following on social media yet. Many of the ones listed here are yet to be featured in large outlets — I really hope this sheds some light on their beautiful work.
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This list was initially titled “25 of America’s Finest Ceramic Artists” — but it was way too big an article to publish. Even with 15, it seems large. We will be featuring many more posts about ceramic art and artists, and will feature many more of our favorites there.
