Matthew Metz Ceramic Artist

Matthew metz s pots are thrown using porcelain or procelaneous clay body that is often paddled to create multi sided boxes.

Matthew metz ceramic artist.

Matthew metz has been a making his living as a studio potter for the last 26 years. My work is influenced by a variety of sources. Asian pottery traditions greek and roman pots early american decorative arts face jugs and other folk traditions. Matthew metz 1961 studio artist matthew metz is noted for his functional work wheel thrown pots primarily of porcelain that are then richly decorated in a variety of techniques sprigging carving drawing.

1989 1991 resident artist archie bray foundation helena montana studio potter alfred new york. About matthew metz ceramics matthew metz has been a making his living as a potter for 25 years. He resides and works in alfred station new york with his wife potter educator linda sikora. The pots are then finished by firing in a wood gas or electric kiln with soda or salt firing.

The surfaces of the pots are noteworthy for their intricate narrative carved decoration. Born in kendallville indiana in 1961 he received a b f a from ball state university and his mfa from edinboro university pa.