Don Lewis | Also Known As: Don Thomas Lewis
Shawn Ireland works with a variety of hand processed local clays that are a blend of ingredients from North Carolina and Georgia. Each piece is thrown using a kick wheel. His glazes ...
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- Biography
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Shawn Ireland works with a variety of hand processed local clays that are a blend of ingredients from North Carolina and Georgia. Each piece is thrown using a kick wheel. His glazes are also formulated using local materials. The work is then single fired in a wood burning kiln.
Ireland?s work is inspired by local folk traditions and the work of his teachersat Penland, Will Ruggles and DouglassRankin.Several trips to central Italy inspired figurative work that he calls ?Animal Ware? in the form of candlesticks, vases and bowls.
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- Primary Work Experience
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Studio Potter
Other
- Public Collections
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American Museum of Ceramic Art, Pomona, California
Southern Highland Craft Guild, Asheville, North Carolina
- Bibliography
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Bonham, Roger D. “12 Designer Craftsman.” Ceramics Monthly 15, no.5 (May 1967).
Wagner, Ron. “Independent Spirit. Furman.” For Alumni and Friends of the University 53, no. 4 (Winter 2011).
- CV or Resume
- Website(s)
Citation: Don Lewis, "The Marks Project."
Last modified April 29, 2026. https://www.themarksproject.org/artists/don-lewis
Objects
Collections
American Museum of Ceramic Art (AMOCA)
Pomona, California
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American Museum of Ceramic Art (AMOCA)
Pomona, California -
American Museum of Ceramic Art (AMOCA)
Pomona, California
Southern Highland Craft Guild Collection
Asheville, North Carolina
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Southern Highland Craft Guild Collection
Asheville, North Carolina
