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Biography

Lois Hirshberg is known for hand-built slab vessels and custom tiles; she has worked with both high-fire and low-fired clay bodies. High-fired wares are placed in a fireclay container (saggars) and then placed in the kiln to be fired.

Hirshberg is influenced by a Japanese sense of design and simplicity and favors raku firing including a surface technique in which the glaze firing is terminated when the glaze begins to melt (orange-hot in color), removing the object with tongs and directly plunging it into a container of horse hair and closing the lid. The heat of the object combusts the horsehair using up the oxygen and creating a reduction atmosphere. After three minutes, the object is plunged into water to fix the surface effect. Another surface treatment used by Hirshberg is terra sigillata.

Apprenticeships & Residencies

1998

2000

Artist in Residence, Archie Bray Foundation for the Ceramic Arts, Helena, Montana

2006

Artist in Residence, Artists Invite Artists Program, Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts, Newcastle, Maine

2010

Artist in Residence, ART 342, Fort Collins, Colorado

2014

Artist in Residence, Northern Clay Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Primary Work Experience

2003

2004

Adjunct Assistant Professor, New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University, Alfred, New York

2004

2007

Visiting Assistant Professor, New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University, Alfred, New York

2007

2013

Assistant Professor, Department of Art, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado

2013

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Associate Professor, Department of Art, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado

Other

Public Collections

ANEW Financial Services-Lincoln Arts, Lincoln, Nebraska

rosenfieldcollection.com

Bibliography

“A Collusion of Culture and Artistry.” The Crafts Report (April 2013).

Emami, Sanam. “In Search of Boundaries.” The Studio Potter 38 (Summer/Fall 2010).

____________. “Marvelous Mud: Clay Around the World.” Ceramics Monthly (September 2011)

Feats of Clay XVII Exhibition Catalogue. Lincoln, CA: Gladding McBean, 2004.

Galloway, Julia, and Ray Hemachandra. 500 Vases: Contemporary Explorations of a Timeless Form. New York, NY: Lark Books, 2010.
Hannah, Caroline. “Tulip Vases and Trivets: Contemporary Ceramics by Sanam Emami.” The Magazine Antiques (March 2009).

Hatch, Molly, “Interview with Sanam Emami,” American Craft (September 2, 2008), https://craftcouncil.org/post/interview-sanam-emami.

Hluch, Kevin. The Art of Contemporary Pottery. Iola, Wisconsin: Krause Publications, 2001.

Howe, Liz, “Continental Divide.” Ceramics Monthly (January 2010).

Martin, Andrew. The Essential Guide to Mold Making & Slip Casting. New York, NY: Lark Books, 2007.

“Sanam Emami: Channeling the Silk Road.” Ceramics Monthly (April 2013).

Taylor, Louisa. The Ceramics Bible: The Complete Guide to Materials and Techniques. San Francisco, CA: Chronicle Books, 2011.

Wandless, Paul Andrew. 500 Prints on Clay: An Inspiring Collection of Image Transfer Work. New York, NY: Lark Books, 2013.

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