Steven Hill
Steven Hill is known for wheel thrown and altered functional porcelain vessels and platters. Surface treatment includes ribbed slip design as well as sprayed glazes, which he applies up to five times. ...
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- Biography
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Steven Hill is known for wheel thrown and altered functional porcelain vessels and platters. Surface treatment includes ribbed slip design as well as sprayed glazes, which he applies up to five times. Steven Hill is also known for givng many workshops across the country empahsizing techniques of once-fired pottery and spraying glazes.
A 1995 trip to Tuscany, Italy, greatly influenced his work. In 1998, Steven Hill founded Red Star Studios in Kansas City, Missouri, in the former home of Red Star Yeast. Since 2008, Steven Hill has been firing his work in an electric kiln.
- Apprenticeships & Residencies
- Primary Work Experience
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1974 –
present Studio Potter
Other
- Public Collections
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American Museum of Ceramic Art, Pomona, California
Brunnier At Museum, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa
- Bibliography
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Britt, John. The Complete Guide to High Fire Glazes. New York: Lark Books 2004.
Coakes, Michelle. Creative Pottery – A Step-by-Step Guide and Showcase. Cincinnati, Ohio: Quarry Books 1998.
Hill, Steven. “An Approach to Single-Firing.” Ceramics Monthly (January 1986).
Hill, Steven. “An Approach to Single Firing - Further On” Ceramics Monthly (January 2006).
Hill, Steven. “Atmospheric-Like Effects for Electric Firing.” Ceramics Monthly (March 2012).
Hill, Steven. “Common Ground: A showcase of National Ceramics Artists-in-Residence.” Ceramics Monthly (January 2006).
Hill, Steven. “Don't Put the Flames Out.” Ceramics Monthly (February 1994).
Hill, Steven. “Long Distance Runner.” Studio Potter (December 1989).
Hill, Steven. “Pulling Handles.” Pottery Making Illustrated (Spring 1998).
Hill, Steven. “Rethinking Ceramic Workshops.” Comment, Ceramics Monthly (May 2007).
Hill, Steven. “Spraying Glazes” Pottery Making Illustrated (March 2002).
Hill, Steven. “The Eight Month Workshop - A Journey of Discovery.” Ceramics Monthly (June 2008).
Hill, Steven. “Where You've Been is Good and Gone, All You Keep is the Gettin' There.” Ceramics Monthly (April1998).
Lark Books. 500 Pitchers. New York: Lark Books 2006.
Woodhead, Steve. The Teapot Book. London: A & C Black 2005
- CV or Resume
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Lange, Hanna
- Website(s)
Citation: Lange, Hanna Steven Hill, "The Marks Project."
Last modified April 29, 2026. https://www.themarksproject.org/artists/steven-hill
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 -
American Museum of Ceramic Art (AMOCA)
Pomona, California
