Mary Barringer

Joseph Pintz is known for hand-built earthenware functional pottery and sculpture. Pintz's color palette is muted, ranging from neutral to earthy pinks, yellows, and blues. Pintz's surfaces appear weathered.

Pintz often uses a subtractive process, where a large block of clay is altered by removing clay. Small-scale sculptured tools are carved and slip and terra sigillata applied and refined to reflect ware. After 2016 functional vessel forms can have allover slip application or large areas of raw terra cotta contrasted with areas of slip. Earlier works are slab-built more rectangular forms.

In addition to pottery, Pintz creates sculptural work, which includes gardening implements, weights, measures, and kitchen utensils that appear as wall pieces or stand-alone installations.