Decorative Serving Plate

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About the artist

Scott Rutherford

I am a ceramic artist who creates functional stoneware pottery that is influenced by Japanese and American folk craft ceramics. My work combines an Eastern Wabi Sabi aesthetic with the functional formal considerations of American folk craft pottery. My pieces are either fired in an electric oxidation kiln, a salt kiln or in an Anagama wood kiln. The surfaces of my pots are an interplay between the applied glazes, slips and the serendipitous effects of the salt vapors and wood ash from the kiln.

I am a native of Kalamazoo were I received a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Western Michigan University. I went to graduate school at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque and studied wood and salt firing, Japanese ceramics, and Pueblo pottery. I received a Masters of Fine Arts degree from the University of New Mexico. I recently returned to Kalamazoo and teach ceramics at Kalamazoo Valley Community College.

I established Rottenstone Pottery in 2006 at the Park Trades Center in downtown Kalamazoo. My studio is located on the second floor, room #217. I am open by appointment and I participate regularly in the downtown Kalamazoo Art Hop.

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