Andrea Denniston Ceramics

I am interested in how and why utilitarian pottery has a place in present day society.

Andrea denniston ceramics. Andrea is in her final semester of graduate school at syracuse university where she is pursuing her mater of fine arts degree in ceramics. Troika floyd va shockoebottom clay richmond va. Andrea denniston ceramics with seth guzovsky new work from andrea and seth will be added saturday october 3rd at noon est. During the summer of 2015 i designed the chassis and commissioned a man in north carolina to build it.

Prior to beginning her graduate studies andrea worked as a studio assistant to potter silvie granatelli in floyd va for 2 years. I am a potter. She focuses her efforts on making well crafted porcelain pots intended for domestic settings. Following graduation she returned to floyd va to pursue a life as a studio potter along side fellow potter seth guzovsky at poor farm pottery.

About andrea denniston andrea is a studio potter in floyd virginia where she has been working full time since completing her mfa in ceramics at syracuse university in 2016. Making pottery that will find a place in someone s home is my goal sometimes a lofty goal. Through my pots i aspire to add pomp to. Andrea then received her mfa at syracuse university.

I chose a smaller than normal foot print for my teardrop at 4 x 6. I fire smaller kiln loads and spend additional time decorating and focusing on the final details of individual pieces. Traditionally teardrops were 4 x 8 based around a. Prior to graduate school she worked for silvie granatelli a studio potter in floyd as an apprentice for two years.