Bob Anderson grew up in Waterloo, Iowa and now is the owner of Sunflower Pottery, located in Pella, Iowa. He throws his pots, pie dishes, plates, etc. on a potter's wheel, then attaches sculpted or molded rural images to them. Some of these images…
Ideas come to me in the form of a chair. Usually it starts as a small drawing in a journal and then a large pastel. Drawings are important to my process. On paper I can work out color combinations while getting a general feel for the piece I want to…
Jan Zelfer-Redmond earned her B.A. from Briar Cliff College in Sioux City and her B.F.A. in Painting from the University of South Dakota in Vermillion. Her work has been shown in numerous solo and group exhibitions and juried shows. Jan mounted a…
Jill Davis Schrift has been teaching in the art department at Grinnell College since 1988. Schrift holds an M.A. in ceramics from Purdue University, where she studied with Scott Frankenberger and Marge Levy. She also has a Masters of Science in…
Wyatt Lane received a B.F.A. in ceramics from Truman State University, Kirksville, Missouri in 1996. Active in the art scene, Wyatt has worked as a practicing artist since the summer of '96, displaying work throughout the midwest in both galleries…
My first serious experience with clay was in 1968 as an art student at the University of Northern Iowa. We participated in our first art festival that year. The endless potential of clay tested through fire has kept my interest all these years. I…
