About
- Biography
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Bill Hunt is known for blue-and-white functional, high fired bone china[1] and porcelain. Decorative techniques included brush work, stencils and on stoneware, carving and salt glazes. Hunt?s focus as a studio artist is on functional ware; he worked with stoneware and salt-fired early in his career, and became interested in bone china in 1982.
Hunt is best known as the editor of Ceramics Monthly.
Bill Hunt?s honors include: Lifetime memberships to the International Academy of Ceramics (IAC), Geneva, Switzerland and the National Council on the Education of Ceramic Arts (NCECA).
In 2012Bill Hunt was elected as a Professor Emeritus of Fine Arts and Graduate Studies at Columbus College of Art & Design (Ohio, USA), where he taught studio ceramics, glaze/clay chemistry and ceramic art history.
[1]Bone china fires to a lower temperature than porcelain, is made with 30-45% refined animal bone ash added to the other components of the clay body.
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- Apprenticeships & Residencies
- Primary Work Experience
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1972-1975
Assistant Editor, Ceramics Monthly magazine
1975-1981Managing Editor, Ceramics Monthly magazine
1982-1984Editor, Ceramics Monthly magazine, Columbus, Ohio.
1998Guest Editor, The Studio Potter magazine.
2012-Full-time Studio Artist, Delaware, Ohio; and Professor Emeritus, Columbus College of Art and Design, Columbus, Ohio
2017-Editor Emeritus, Ceramics Monthly magazine, Westerville, Ohio
Other
- Public Collections
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Amaury Saint-Gillis Contemporary Fine Art, Kamuela, Hawaii
American Museum of Ceramic Art, Pomona, California
Archie Bray Foundation, Helen, Montana
Arrowmont School of Craft, Gatlinburg, Tennessee
Canton Museum of Art, Canton, Ohio
Ceramic League of Miami, Miami, Florida
College of Wooster Art Museum, The College of Wooster, Wooster, Ohio
Haan Mansion Museum, St. Lafayette, Indiana
Musée National de Céramique-Sèvres, Sèvres, Fance
Ross Art Museum, Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, Ohio
rosenfieldcollection.com
Saga Prefectural Art Museum, Saga, Japan
Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taiwan
Wexner Center for the Arts, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
- Bibliography
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“Bill Hunt.” Hunt Studios: Bill and Liz Hunt, personal website, accessed Aug. 10, 2021.https://billandlizhunt.com/bios.
“Bill Hunt.” Resume, accessed Aug. 10, 2021. http://www.aic-iac.org/wp-content/uploads/Hunt- Resume-v49.pdf.
Hunt, Bill. “Bone China.” Studio Potter, Vol. 26, Issue 2, June 1998, pg. 33-35.
- CV or Resume
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Beul, Jasmine
- Website(s)
Citation: Beul, Jasmine William Hunt, "The Marks Project."
Last modified April 29, 2026. https://www.themarksproject.org/artists/william-hunt
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 -
American Museum of Ceramic Art (AMOCA)
Pomona, California
