Jason Hess
Michelle Erickson creates a range contemporarywork drawing inspiration from historical ceramics. Erickson has devoted much of her career to clay research, working to rediscover lost ceramic formulae and techniques. She also has ...
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Michelle Erickson creates a range contemporarywork drawing inspiration from historical ceramics. Erickson has devoted much of her career to clay research, working to rediscover lost ceramic formulae and techniques. She also has significant experience in 17th and 18th century reproduction pottery.
Erickson's research of historical ceramics led her to work with a large variety of clay bodies using a range of methods and surface techniques. Erickson also uses her ceramic works for social and political commentary.Among Erickson's historicizing forms are a Bonnin and Morris Pickle Stand, a Moravian squirrel bottle and a faience ring bottle.Erickson has also produced a body of slipware and other wares, generallyunmarked, that reference historic objects.
To see videos of Michelle Erickson at work, visit her Victoria & Albert Museum Channel at:http://www.vam.ac.uk/channel/search/michelle%20erickson/.
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2000
Summer Resident, Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, Montana
- Primary Work Experience
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1996-1997
Ceramics Program Director, Alliance for the Varied Arts, Logan, Utah
1997Visiting Assistant Professor, Southwestern University, Georgetown, Texas
1997Instructor, Weber State University, Ogden, Utah
1998Visiting Assistant Professor, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana
1998-2000Assistant Professor of Art, Ceramics, McNeese State University, Lake Charles, Louisiana
2001-2006Assistant Professor of Art, Ceramics, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona
2009Head Ceramics Program, Northern Arizona University Flagstaff, Arizona
2006-2013Associate Professor of Art, Ceramics, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona
2013Professor of Art, Ceramics, Northern Arizona University Flagstaff, Arizona
Other
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Fina, Angela, Chris Staley, and Chris Gustin. The Best of Pottery. Beverley, MA: Rockport Publishers, 1996.
Hluch, Kevin A. The Art of Contemporary American Pottery. Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2001.
Salamoni, Amedeo. Wood Fired Ceramics: 100 Contemporary Artists. Atglen, PA: Schiffer Books, 2013.
Tourtillot, Suzanne J.E. 500 Cups: Ceramic Expressions of Utility and Grace. New York, NY: Lark Books, 2004.
- CV or Resume
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Kuratnick, Jeffrey
- Website(s)
Citation: Kuratnick, Jeffrey Jason Hess, "The Marks Project."
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