Amy Kline

Kline Porcelain Dinnerware Sets available for purchase

Micro-bubble and opalescent glazes add extra elegance to Amy Kline’s high-fire porcelain dinnerware sets.

Her sets include a 10″ dinner plate, 8″ salad or pasta plate, 7″ soup bowl, and a 6″ tall drinking vessel. Custom orders are filled in 4 weeks. For a full list of retail and wholesale prices email amy@potterywest.com

Special Note: 6 – 7″ tall porcelain tumblers are available for purchase. See images below.

Porcelain Workshop June 26-30th

In this hands-on workshop you will learn to throw, alter and incise for the best translucency in porcelain. Create high-quality work in less time with these techniques Amy has been developing. This workshop includes applying celadon glazes and a cone 10 electric firing and a cone 10 reduction firing.

Fee: with off-site housing $630.00

We provide 25 lbs. of Coleman porcelain, and the use of altering and carving tools. (extra clay and tools are available for purchase)

Custom Glaze Workshop July 8-12th

Whether you’re firing your work to cone 6 or cone 10, reduction or oxidation ~ Amy Kline shows you an easy technique to customize the color of your glazes. This is a great introduction to having more creative freedom in choosing glazes. Learn simple, clean techniques to apply your customized glazes for the best results. Choose a pre-made glaze you’ve purchased and alter it. Or, mix a glaze from a formula. Amy demonstrates both techniques. A cone 10 firing in reduction and oxidation is included. Bring bisque ware and your throwing and glazing tools. Throwing demonstrations will take place while the kilns are firing and cooling. To sign up email amy@potterywest.com. Amy will provide you with a material list when you register.

Fee: with off-site housing is $630.00 (There are several hotels near by.)

Kline demonstrating a section-thrown vase at Sierra Nevada College June 2012

To register call Ruth Kline at #702-685-7573

 

December 2012

The Cooley Gallery in Leesburg, Va is having a cup show for the holiday. Go to The Cooley Gallery

November 2012

October 2012

Photo Credit: images of my work are taken by professional photographer Kelly McLendon.

 

Amy Kline

received a BFA in Ceramics from Alfred University in 1990. She continued her education with an MFA in Sculpture from Southern Illinois University, Carbondale.

Amy moved to Las Vegas, NV in 1995 and worked as a welder for 6 years. She started building Pottery West in the fall of 2001.

In April of 2010 Amy made a commitment to create her work in Coleman Porcelain for it’s throwing and incising capabilities. Celadon glaze and micro-bubble glaze emphasize the incised work she carves into her forms.

Artist Statement

Touching (and being able to feel) is what moves me to work in porcelain. My sense of form has evolved since I began throwing porcelain in 2005. Creating form is a 3 dimensional canvas. I see forms within forms as I alter, sculpt, draw, and incise. I pay close attention to light and shadow to bring out incredibly fluid forms.

In workshop presentations

Amy demonstrates throwing, altering and incising on greenware porcelain. Amy works with porcelain at every stage of greenware and bisque to create translucent porcelain ware.

Amy also teaches you how to apply celadon glaze in a way that accentuates the intricate details of your work in translucent porcelain. Learn which porcelain and celadon are completely compatible.

While creating forms and laying out designs Amy is influenced by her early studies in figure drawing and graphic design. Her style is influenced by having spent time studying dance, music and theater.

Amy studied ceramics with Jean Parsons (Interlochen Arts Academy 1985), Val Cushing, and Tom and Elaine Coleman.

Thank you to Tom and Elaine for their advice and support with Pottery West and the development of her work in porcelain.

“Learning to look at your work in terms of light and shadow has the potential to elevate the quality of your work.”