Deborah Schwartzkopf
Seattle, Washington

mail@debspottery.com
www.debspottery.com

 
Contact Information:
If you are interested in visiting my studio, please call and make an appointment.
206-653-4490

Studio Description:
BIO
Deb Schwartzkopf was born and raised in Seattle. In 2002 she got her BA at the University of Alaska Anchorage and worked for professional studio potters. In the Spring of 2005, Deb completed a MFA at Penn State. She has taught at Ohio University, Massachusetts College of Art and Design and the University of Washington. She has worked nationally at the Archie Bray Foundation, Mudflat Studios, the Clay Studio, and Pottery Northwest and internationally at Sanboa in Jingdezhen, China, and the Ceramics Workcenter in Berin, Germany. Deb also teaches workshops and exhibits nationally and internationally. Currently she has a studio in Ballard, teaches workshops and community classes at Seward Park Clay Studio in Seattle, WA.

 

STATEMENT
I find it rewarding and challenging to make pots people will use. In my home growing up, hand made objects held special value. They were gestures of consideration and love. I continue to find objects a dwelling place for intention and association. The parameter of function both limits and frees me. It gives me direction and attaches me to community. Eating with family and friends instills a sense of place and relation. At the table I assess finished work and connect studio practice to living. This starts the cycle of making again. I want my pots to live in the kitchen where economy and celebration infuse life with purposeful beauty.

 

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