School of Art

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School of Art
Aberystwyth University
Buarth Mawr
Aberystwyth
Ceredigion
SY23 1NG

Tel: +44 (0)1970 622460

Fax: +44 (0)1970 622461

Email: artschool@aber.ac.uk


Display artist/maker:

Mark Pharis

Born: 1947, USA, Minnesota, Minneapolis

Ceramicist. Pharis studied at the University of Minnesota under Warren Mackenzie. He is now Professor of Ceramics at that institution. Using handbuilding techniques, Pharis uses prepared paper patterns to cut out the parts of his pot from a rolled clay slab. The pieces are joined to make each different vessel with the ‘seams’ still evident. Each piece is intended to be used as well as looked at. Pharis’ glazes consist of bright yellows and oranges. The teapot in the collection was purchased from the exhibition of American ceramics at the International Ceramics Festival, Aberystwyth, in 1993.

Objects in the collections associated with this artist/maker

[Teapot] C1306 Ceramics




 
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