Ken Pincus

Pincus Pottery Studio

 

Member profile details

First name
Ken
Last name
Pincus
Business Name
Pincus Pottery Studio
Profile Picture
City
Portland
State
OR
Public Studio Phone
503 467-8779
Public Email Address
kenpincus@comcast.net
Facebook Page URL
www.facebook.com/PincusPottery
Program Coordinators
  • Group Buy Coordinator
 

Art Work Description

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Firing Methods
  • Gas
  • Reduction
  • High-Fire
  • Wood Fire
Types of Clay Used
  • Stoneware
  • Porcelain
Forming Methods and Techniques
  • Wheel Thrown
  • Slabs
  • Paddled
  • Draped
  • Coil
Finishing Methods and Techniques
  • Dip or Poured Glazes
  • Painted Slips
  • Sprayed Glazes
Forms Types
  • Plates
  • Serving Platters
  • Cups
  • Tumbler
  • Coffee Mugs
  • Tea Bowls
  • Vase
  • Flower Vases
  • Bud Vase
  • Cylinders
  • Bowls
  • Soup Bowls
  • Serving Bowls
  • Linder Jars
  • Vessel
Artwork Description
  • Functional
  • Non-Functional
  • Vessel
  • Traditional
Artist Statement
I am fortunate to have found pottery during my college time at UCSC (Santa Cruz), and to have studied pottery in Japan with a wonderful ceramic artist. I face the challenges & joys of making pottery every day I walk into the studio, and i see my life ahead intertwined with clay and fire, as i continue this work.
Biography
Education
1977 Earned BA Degree from Univ. of Calif., Santa Cruz
(dual major in Arts & Crafts/History and East Asian Studies-Chinese)
1982 – 1987 Studied pottery for 4 years in the Tajimi region, Gifu Prefecture, working 3 of those years as apprentice to Yoshihiko Yoshida.

Studio Milestones
1990 Established Pincus Pottery Studio in Aloha, OR.
2001 Moved the studio to current location in hills of outer NW Portland, OR.
2005 Built Skyline Kiln (Palmquist design/construction), a single-chamber wood-fire kiln designed to high-fire in about 36 hours. Skyline Kiln is fired 2 to 3 times per year.
 

Clay Educators

Educator Type
  • Community Studio
Name of Institution or Studio
Saint Johns Clay Cooperative
Class Location
Saint Johns, Portland
Description of your classes you offer
I have taught very basic throwing skills to individuals or very small groups.

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