Hand Crafted Sculpted and Functional - Stoneware and Porcelain Pottery

Clay is the perfect medium for working spontaneously with expressive thought and execution. It is especially well suited for explorations of creative accidents and gestures in elements of pottery and sculpted form. ~Steven Skinner

2012 Calendar:
Pottery and Watercolors, Purdue University North Central, Westville, IN	January 8 - March 25, 2012
Kentucky Crafted: The Market, Lexington, KY	March 1 - 4, 2012
Indiana Artisan Marketplace, Indianapolis, IN	March 30 - April 1, 2012

Gallery & Retail:

Wantoot - Modern American Art & Craft, Mineral Point, Wisconsin

The Dot Shop, South Bend Museum of Art, South Bend, Indiana

Feeney's Hometown Goods, New Carlisle, Indiana

Statement
My professional art career began as a printmaker. I then worked in oils and encaustic while making works on paper and collage. Following that and for the following twenty years I painted in watercolors. I am currently focused making pottery and working in ceramics.

Making pottery and working in ceramics is a culmination of techniques and experiences learned from working in previous mediums. My work has always had a sculptural aesthetic, working in ceramics brings this to fruition, but by retaining and using techniques and aesthetics gained from working in other mediums my work in clay is more informed and mature, feeding my desire to work in three dimensions and allowing me to continue my exploration of spontaneous and creative accidents and gesture while using elements of sculpted form.

I´m influenced by art movements such as Dada, American Regionalism, and Pop as well as Pre-Columbian Peruvian and Korean Buncheong Ceramics.