Odyssey Center
236-238 Clingman Avenue
Built circa 1940
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Odyssey Center for Ceramic Arts
Ceramics
828.285.0210
odyssey@highwaterclays.com
www.highwaterclays.com
Mon-Fri 8:30-4:30
Odyssey Center for Ceramic Arts is an educational program of Highwater Clays in Asheville’s River Arts District. The center is a hotbed of lectures, workshop and interactive classes for all ages interested in ceramic arts.
The mission of our studio school and rental studio is to promote understanding, appreciation and professional development in the ceramic arts. The spirit and the programs of Odyssey are based on the philosophy that every individual's capacity is greatly enhanced by community and creative activity. We believe that within each individual lies the potential for creative development.
Patty Bilbro - Foxfire Pottery
Odyssey Center
I create mainly functional pieces of ceramic art on the wheel as well as non functional raku. Each piece is individually thrown and hand glazed. I work with high fire stoneware which means my functional pots are dishwasher and microwave safe. My current work is an integration of opposing forces: controlled versus non-controlled surface designs; geometric shapes versus organic shapes and lines
Dawn Dalto
Ceramics & Mixed Media
828.216.9929
www.dawndalto.net
Odyssey Center
My ceramic work is primarily decorative rather than functional. Forms are mathematically configured with attention to their structure and use, both as individual objects and part of a larger grouping. I consider how the theme of each object will interact to form a family grouping with another.
My current work focuses on personal shrines. It is a visual exploration of my experience in living in different places and transporting my “stuff”, both physical and mental, from one to the next. What do we hold dear? Why do we keep it? and Who is responsible for the baggage? These are the questions that I think of as each new piece emerges.
Peter Fitzpatrick
Ceramic
Odyssey Center
Ned Guttman / Howland Pottery
Pottery
828.298.6725
Odyssey Center
My pottery is inspired by the beauty of mathematics and the dynamics of ocean waves. I want each piece to ask to be touched, handled and used. The art is in the function. Pottery that is used establishes a bond - it's an old friend that provides comfort while at the same time is a work of art containing a bit of the maker's soul.
Jenny Mastin
Clay Sculpture
828.525.0350 (cell)
828-874-2393
jenluma@hotmail.com
www.jenluma.com
By appointment
Odyssey Center
"Each creation I design is a hand built, sculptural, low fired clay form. The surfaces may be impressed and/or incised with a compilation of textures, patterns and symbols. Color is incorporated predominantly through the application of underglazes and oxide stains. Metal, hemp, raffia, and other materials may be added to elaborate and exaggerate the forms. The objective with each piece is to exhibit a contemporary interpretation of primal creations."
Kat McIver / Moon Center Arts
Ceramic Sculpture
415-200-8044
katmciver.com
Please call for appointment
Odyssey Center
And So They Waited
I experience my art as a radical response and prayer to life. Each piece develops as a deep, evolutionary process, expressing my personal spiritual journey and the vicissitudes of beingness. Each sculpture arises out of an erotic dance between my hands and the clay, as we give, yield, caress, and let go into the unknown. My creative hope is to connect to you, the viewer, at a heart level. I am grateful to you for witnessing my creations, and for the experiences from which the art has emerged.
Les Powell / Smoking Turtle Studios
Ceramics
828.216.1037
www.smokingturtlestudio.com
By appointment
Odyssey Center
I am for the most part a self-taught artist, this gives me a certain leeway in the way I create. With no pre-conceived rules to follow I'm free to decide, within the parameters of the material, the form that my pottery will take. I find a lot of my influences in the patterns of nature, the art of the American Southwest, and the carvings of the Northwest Tribes. Above all... it is the power in the smoke and fire that truly creates my work.
Linda Schaefer
Clay
linda.schaefer3000@yahoo.com
828.318.7020
Odyssey Center
Linda A. Sutton
Clay
423.278.8892
Odyssey Center
