School of Art

Contact Details

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:

A.V. Smith

Born: USA, North Carolina, Sanford

Ceramicist. A. V. Smith was born in North Carolina where he lives and works. He began throwing pottery at the age of 15 and attended university to study turning techniques, glazes and firing. He worked at Pinehurst Pottery in 1978 making dinnerware, lamp bases, candle sticks and other items. He ran Clenny Creek Pottery in partnership with Charles Lisk in Pinehurst and Southern Pines, North Carolina, until 1982 when Charles moved to Hickory. A.V. works with many of the traditional shapes that are common to Catawba Valley Pottery with an emphasis on the functional aspect of the work. His work, however, is characterized by a love of intense colour using traditional alkaline glaze in addition to many brilliant hues and colours.

Objects in the collections associated with this artist/maker

Face Pot C1677 Ceramics




 
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