Mary Law

A Passion for Form

Course Description
What inspires your work? I’ve always been most strongly moved by form, with sources as varied as architecture, plants, non-clay objects, historical pots, and the process of making itself. In this wheel based workshop, we’ll spend the week looking at our own favorite forms as jumping-off points, and creating vessels that result from these beginnings. There will be demonstrations of techniques, analysis of pots made, and conversations about studio practices, making a living as a potter, and related topics.

Artist's Biography
Mary Law has been a potter for 40 years. She apprenticed to Byron Temple and received an MFA in Ceramics from Alfred University. She has taught ceramics at Alfred University, San Jose State University, California College of the Arts, Haystack, Anderson Ranch, and Penland. For the past 18 years she has taught ceramics part-time at Contra Costa College. She lives and works in Berkeley, California, and has shown internationally.