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​Steve Hasley


Wood Fired Pottery | Instructor

Wood-Fired Plates and Platters

Wood-Fired Planters

These Wood-Fired Planters are just a few samples of what we have in store!  They are fully functional and perfect for your indoor and outdoor potting needs! Many come with a dish to catch any water, and all feature a drain hole. Sizes vary. Stop by or call for our full selection!

About the Artist

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I started making pottery in high school, and worked extensively in ceramics during college at Oberlin, and for a few years after. Life took a turn, and after a career hiatus, I have now returned to ceramics. I have never stopped looking and thinking about clay and fire, and I now have a studio, a wood-fired kiln, and the time to chase my vision. I also share my love of ceramics with students at Main Exhibit Gallery & Art Center!

"Ceramics combines the material of clay and the process of fire to create an object. In my work, I try to express the essence of each of these elements. The forms I make are simple. Spontaneity is a crucial element of each piece. The form is fixed, but the patterns formed by the clay and the fire work to create a unique expression of material and process. As a result, I don’t know until I unpack the kiln how each piece has turned out. Some pieces do not measure up to my artistic standards and are destroyed, a very few are reserved for a gallery show, and the rest are offered as expressions of my vision in a functional form. Made to be used as well as admired.

A clay flowerpot is familiar to
everyone, it’s shape classic, it’s purpose straightforward. I use this form as a starting place, and then try to have each piece fully express both material and process. Clay is earth, plastic, moving, then drying and cracking. The patterns on the works reflect the tectonic plates of the earth merging and colliding, with smaller shattered elements carried along and deformed by the forces that combine the larger slab into the final form. An applied rim adds an unconfined spontaneous accent, as well as a functional reinforcement to the work. The materiality of the clay is clear, it could not be anything else.

Plates are another simple form, but provide a surface for both the artist and the
materials of clay and fire to express themselves. By altering the form, either intentionally or spontaneously, the fire is given further opportunities to imprint it’s
mark.

Fire converts the clay into pottery, and
adds its own unique elements to each piece. I fire these pieces in a wood burning kiln up to 2400 degrees over a period of at least 36 hours, giving ample time for the fire to leave its marks on each piece. The ash deposits form a gray glaze on the sides of the pots exposed to the flame, and a heavy reduction creates a wide palate of additional colors. I want each piece to bear witness to its transformation, sothat the viewer can see the effects of the fire."

~ Steve Hasley

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  • HOME
    • About
    • Artists
    • Visit
  • ART CLASSES
    • Glass Classes >
      • Stained and Fused Glass
      • Stained Glass Group Workshops
    • Painting & Drawing Classes >
      • Painting & Drawing Open Studio
    • Pottery Classes >
      • Handbuilt Pottery Workshops
      • Open Studios
      • Raku Workshop
      • Wheel Pottery Classes
    • Explore All
  • STAINED GLASS
  • Sirofchuck Studios Furniture
  • FINE CRAFT
    • Accessories >
      • Solmate Socks
    • Garden & Outdoor >
      • Acorns
      • Richard Hower Stone Carvings
      • Chimes
    • Glass >
      • Boise Art Glass
    • Home Accents >
      • Pewter Switch Plates
      • Watercolor Wall Quilts
    • Jewelry >
      • Bottled Up Designs
      • Close 2 UR Heart
      • Mark Steel Earrings
    • Pottery >
      • Sara Baker Stoneware
      • Bryan Becker Bowls
      • Steve Hasley
      • Gail Jordan
      • Ron Korczynski
      • Gwen Korvick Pottery
      • Mt. Pleasant Mugs
      • Mudworks Pottery
      • Yvette Tobias
    • Wood Products
  • FINE ART
    • Gail Beem
    • Doreen Currie
    • Alexis Dillon
    • Diane Grguras
    • Alena D
    • Mary Hamilton
    • Jan Heath
    • Shawn Huesdash
    • John Kaclik
    • Maura Keeney
    • Yelena Lamm
    • Greg Langham
    • Kurt Pfaff
    • Shelley Poli
    • Mary Ellen Raneri
    • Clair Sirofchuck
    • Nora Thompson
    • Jeanne Wagle