Michael Hamlin is a multiple award winning and internationally published ceramic artist whose work focuses on vases and bowls.
Michael attended the Columbus College of Art and Design, and received a Bachelor's degree in Fine Art with a major in Ceramics and Glaze Chemistry. Michael's work has been featured in international publications and exhibitions.
For more information on Michael's work, or to just say hello, feel free to get in touch.
Statement of Intent
I create vessels by handbuilding and/or throwing on the potter’s wheel. The vessels are made with a high iron bearing clay body. Multiple colored crater or matt glazes are applied. The pieces are fired in an electric kiln to 1195 Celsius with a combination slow and rapid cooling. Many crater glazed pieces are fired multiple times to obtain an appealing movement of the glaze resulting in a surface that is full of movement.
I combine my passion for gardening with my passion for ceramics and design forms that will compliment the various types of flowers and plants that I grow and propagate. The garden is one source of inspiration when designing vessels! Other sources include Scandinavian design, Mid-Century design, Ikebana arrangements, and 12-15th century Persian and East Asian ceramic forms.
I want the work I create to be soothing to the soul and contribute peace and serenity to an interior environment.
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Curriculum Vitae
Education
2011 Penland School of Crafts- Eight Week Intensive Concentration Course in Ceramics
2009 Penland School of Crafts- Make Good Work and Get It Out There, Ayumi Horie
1996 Bachelor of Fine Arts-Columbus College of Art and Design
Professional experience in addition to maintaining a full-time studio:
Teaching
2008– 2010 Pottery courses teaching adults and children, Levine Community Center, Charlotte, NC
2004– 2005 Summer pottery courses - Mudflat Studio, Sommerville, MA
2002 Glaze development class, Tierra Hermosa Pottery, Taos, NM
Project Management
2004– 2009 Project manager for member services, Association on Higher Education and
Disability. Huntersville, NC
Recent Award
2018 Best of Show-Art in Autumn, Weaverville
2018 Honorable Mention-4 Bridges Arts Festival
2018 Honorable Mention-Blowing Rock Art in the Park
2017 Award of Distinction-Winter Park Sidewalk Arts Festival
2017 1st place Award of Excellence-Blowing Rock Art in the Park
2017 2nd Place Artist of Distinction-Blowing Rock Art in the Park
2016 Merit Award-Artsplosure
2016 Honorable Mention- Blowing Rock Art in the Park
2015 3rd Place Award-Art in Autumn, Weaverville
2015 1st Place Award-Upper Arlington Labor Day Art Festival
2015 3rd Place Award-Bakersville Creekwalk
2015 3rd Place Award-Art in Autumn-Weaverville
2014 Award of Excellence in Ceramics-Winterfair
2014 Best of Show-Bakersville Creekwalk
2010 Regional Project Grant, Arts and Science Council, Charlotte, NC
1998 3rd Place Award- Crosby Festival of the Arts
1996 Award of Excellence in Pottery- Zane Square Arts & Crafts Festival
Publications
Pottery Making Illustrated-Feature article Nov/Dec 2015
500 Bowls-Lark Books
Ceramics Monthly-Emerging Artists
TheBest of 500 Ceramics:Celebrating a Decade in Clay-Lark Books
Contributor of glaze making articles-Pottery Making Illustrated
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Exhibitions
2018 Made of Clay- Lakeland Community College
2018 Happy Accidents-Piedmont Craftsmen
2018 Featured Artist-Woolworth Walk
2017 Small Favors: Think Inside the Box, The Clay Studio
2016 Potter’s Council Calendar
2015 Potter’s Council Calendar-Vases and Flowers
2015 Transendence-The Gallery, County Arts Council, Concord, NC
2014 Zanesville Prize for Contemporary Ceramics
2014 Potter’s Council Calendar
2013 The Edge-The Gallery, County Arts Council, Concord, NC
2013 May Flowers-North Carolina Natural Science Museum
2012 Via Penland-Rebus Works, Raleigh, NC
2012 Garden Party-The Gallery, Cabarrus County Arts Council, Concord, NC
2012 DelecTABLE-Art Students League, Denver, CO
2011 Solo Exhibition-Cornelius Arts Center
2011 “Making Arrangements” –The Gallery, Cabarrus County Arts Council ,Concord, NC
2002 “For TheTable”- Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe, NM
2001 New Mexico Potters Exhibition, Albuquerque, NM
1999 “Functional Pot”- Wooster, OH
1999 Mary and Rev. Alfred Shands Gallery
1999 “Bourbon Bottles”-Berea, KY
1999 CeramicsMonthly International Ceramic Competition
I participate in numerous art festivals each year as retail outlets for my work. A sampling of recent art festivals include:
Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show
Smithsonian Craft Show
St. Louis Arts Festival
Lakefront Festival of the Arts-Milwaukee, WI
Ann Arbor Street Art Fair
Artisphere-Greenville, SC
Cherry Creek Arts Festival – Denver, CO.
Craft New York-New York, NY
Artclectic-Nashville, TN
American Craft Council - San Francisco, CA
American Craft Council-Atlanta
American Craft Council-Baltimore
American Craft Council-St. Paul
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