Wayne Bates
Wayne Bates is best known for functional wheel thrown porcelain bowls, plates, platters, and vases, fired in mid-range oxidation. The pots are sprayed or brushed with engobes. Often the surface techniques include ...
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About
- Biography
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Wayne Bates is best known for functional wheel thrown porcelain bowls, plates, platters, and vases, fired in mid-range oxidation. The pots are sprayed or brushed with engobes. Often the surface techniques include carved in patterns reflecting simple geometry.
Bates’ work is influenced by Mimbres pottery.
- Apprenticeships & Residencies
- Primary Work Experience
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1965-1968
Public School Teacher, Missouri and Georgia
1970-1978Professor, Ceramics, and Co-chair of Crafts Department, Philadelphia College of Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1970-1978Ceramics Consultant, Moravian Tile Works, Doylestown, Pennsylvania
1978-—Studio Potter
Other
- Public Collections
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American Museum of Ceramic Art, Pomona, California
- Bibliography
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Bates, Wayne. “The Process,” Ceramics Monthly 45, no.3 (March 1997).
Sasso, Sandy Miller. “Wayne Bates,” Ceramics Monthly 45, no. 3 (March 1997).
- CV or Resume
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McGee, Donna
- Website(s)
Citation: McGee, Donna Wayne Bates, "The Marks Project."
Last modified April 29, 2026. https://www.themarksproject.org/artists/wayne-bates
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
