Mark Pharis Ceramics

He was chair of the art department from 1998 2004.

Mark pharis ceramics. Pharis was a student of warren mackenzie. 81 cm in length earthenware 2012. Whether clad in a dark monochrome that seems to strain vessel walls with the weight of cast iron or painted in a balmy portofino palette of pink lime green and yellow orange warm as the midday stucco of villages far away the slab constructed vessels of mark pharis raise impressions of surfaces that one. Mark pharis is known for wheel thrown stoneware high fired functional pottery created in his early career and from the early 1990s onward for slab built low fired earthenware utilitarian objects.

His process owes much to the traditions of patternmaking found in sewing and sheet metal work. From 2005 2008 he was associate dean in the college of liberal arts. Mark has a long history of innovation in his work. Joseph s of santa fe jun kaneko mark pharis pottery ruth duckworth santa fe santa fe clay workshop leave a reply santa fe continued.

Mark pharis the last supper santa fe. An american potter studio potter vol. Saw these wonderful ceramics by ruth duckworth. Pharis studied ceramics at the university of minnesota minneapolis with warren mackenzie.

Mark pharis is an american ceramic artist and professor residing in roberts wisconsin pharis is the chair of the department of art at the university of minnesota where he has been a faculty member since 1985. 50 no 6 october 2010 43 photograph casual geometry. His three dimensional forms are handbuilt using two dimensional paper patterns. Mark was educated at the university of minnesota where he is a professor in the department of art.

Pharis uses paper templates to develop components of slab built works. 2007 hollis walker jeff oestreich and mark pharis american craft february march 2007 98 99 2006 mark shaprio michael simon. We spent the day at canyon road. Oct 21 2015 ceramic artist mark pharis work is featured in the november 2015 issue of ceramics monthly.

34 no 2 70 71 2003. Cluster of vases 32 in. See more ideas about ceramics monthly ceramic artists ceramics. Mark pharis is a minnesota potter.

Posted on july 29. Posted on august 10 2014 by clmpottery. Mark began his career at the university of minnesota with warren mackenzie in 1967 and after working as an independent potter for.