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Maggie Park Smith
Process:
These pieces are representatives of a six piece “Square Neighborhood Series”. The pieces are lightweight, durable and are entirely original. These porcelain pieces begin as thin slabs of clay and are fashioned into the functional, hand-built pieces shown here. Each piece is handled numerous times during the process of creating, glazing and adding our own screen-printed imagery. All of the work is fired to Cone 6; yielding vitrified porcelain, food-safe and durable wares for everyday use.
Biography:
Margaret Park Smith is a native of Lexington, Ky. She took her first pottery lessons at Lexington’s Living Arts & Science center as a young child. Inspired to learn more, she majored in Fine Art at Wheaton College in Illinois and eventually earned her Master of Fine Arts in Ceramics at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities. Additionally, she has studied at the New York state college of Ceramics at Alfred, Penland school of crafts and Syracuse University. From 1999-2001, she was an Artist-in-Residence at Odyssey Center for the Ceramic arts in Asheville, North Carolina and in May of 2005 she completed a one year Artist-in-Residence position at Lillstreet Art Center in Chicago, Illinois. Park Smith has been named One of Six National Emerging Artists in Ceramics by NCECA for 2006 (National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts).
Process:
These pieces are representatives of a six piece “Square Neighborhood Series”. The pieces are lightweight, durable and are entirely original. These porcelain pieces begin as thin slabs of clay and are fashioned into the functional, hand-built pieces shown here. Each piece is handled numerous times during the process of creating, glazing and adding our own screen-printed imagery. All of the work is fired to Cone 6; yielding vitrified porcelain, food-safe and durable wares for everyday use.
Biography:
Margaret Park Smith is a native of Lexington, Ky. She took her first pottery lessons at Lexington’s Living Arts & Science center as a young child. Inspired to learn more, she majored in Fine Art at Wheaton College in Illinois and eventually earned her Master of Fine Arts in Ceramics at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities. Additionally, she has studied at the New York state college of Ceramics at Alfred, Penland school of crafts and Syracuse University. From 1999-2001, she was an Artist-in-Residence at Odyssey Center for the Ceramic arts in Asheville, North Carolina and in May of 2005 she completed a one year Artist-in-Residence position at Lillstreet Art Center in Chicago, Illinois. Park Smith has been named One of Six National Emerging Artists in Ceramics by NCECA for 2006 (National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts).
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