Panelist

Rose Hardesty uses a combination of wheel throwing and hand building techniques to create wood/salt fired functional pottery using North Carolina clay. Her forms are inspired by a mix of historical and contemporary ceramic pieces. These forms are canvases for interaction with the kiln atmosphere as well as layered surface decoration including painted slips, screen printed slip transfers, stamped slip inlay, drawn line inlay, underglaze crayon, and decal collage. Rose finds inspiration in the creatures and small natural vignettes she sees living in the mountains of North Carolina.