Adrian Arleo
Aysha Peltz work focuses on functional pieces that are wheel thrown and altered while still freshly thrown. In graduate school she began to explore the role of scale by producing functional pieces ...
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- Biography
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Aysha Peltz work focuses on functional pieces that are wheel thrown and altered while still freshly thrown. In graduate school she began to explore the role of scale by producing functional pieces that are much larger than their typical size. Each piece is finished with glaze that flows in ways that accent its structure.
She wanted to make pots that allowed larger gestures and to explore the complications of size in relation to use. Peltz? pieces are thick and heavy ignoring the typical goal of working porcelain at its thinnest. Occasionally, when making extra-large platters she will use white stoneware.
Peltz studied with John Gill as an undergraduate and graduate student while at Alfred. The life and work of Karen Karnes also inspires her work.
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1986-1987
Oregon School of Arts and Crafts, Portland, Oregon
1987-1988Sitka Center for Art & Ecology, Otis, Oregon
-2012Jorden Schnitzer Print Making Residency, Sitka Center for Art & Ecology, Otis, Oregon
- Primary Work Experience
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Studio artist
Other
- Public Collections
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Archie Bray Foundation for the Ceramic Arts, Helena, Montana
Icheon World Ceramic Center, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea
Kings County Public Art Collection, Kings County, Washington
Museum of Arts and Sciences, Macon, Georgia
Portland Community College, Portland, Oregon
Racine Art Museum, Racine, Wisconsin
Seattle University, Seattle, Washington
Yellowstone Art Museum, Billings, Montana
- Bibliography
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Arleo, Adrian. “An O.S.A.C. Residency”, Ceramics Monthly (November 1987).
____________. “Adrian Arleo’s Figure Teapots”, Kerameiki Techni (2003).
____________. “Building Large Figurative Sculpture”, NCECA Journal 15 (1994-95).
____________. “Emerging Talent,” NCECA Journal 11 (1990-91).
____________. “Form and Experience”, The Studio Potter (December/January 1987-88).
____________. “Working Sculptor Feature”, Ceramics Monthly (January 2010).
Lark Crafts. The Best of 500 Ceramics: Celebrating a Decade in Clay. Ashville, NC: Lark Books, 2012.
Tourtillott, Suzanne J. Figure in Clay: Contemporary Sculpting Techniques by Master Artists. New York, NY: Sterling Publishing, 2005.
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Citation: Adrian Arleo, "The Marks Project."
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