Douglas J. Hein
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Carthage
Saggar-fired dark-brown stoneware

9.5" x 4" x 3.75"
2016

$350

I came to ceramics later in life when I retired from a long public health career and moved from the Northeast to the Southwest. Frustrated by the wheel when I was younger, I tried making pottery a few times and stopped. Some time at Goddard College, and a focus on sculptural ceramics and wood-fired pots, planted a seed that germinated many years later.

My work is hand-built with a variety of clays. I enjoy making vessels of all shapes and sizes but gravitate towards tea bowls, vases, tall forms and smaller sculptures one can hold in one’s hand. Narratives from history are common themes in the larger sculptural vessels.

The Waiting Coal
Saggar-fired white stoneware
6.75" x 3.25" x 3.75"
2016
$300