Collection: Kyle Carpenter - Featured Artist

Kyle Carpenter has been a full time studio potter in Asheville, NC since 2002. He holds a B.F.A. in Ceramics from UNC–Asheville and exhibits his work in galleries and museums across the United States. He is a juried member of the Southern Highland Craft Guild and has his works in many private collections, including The Mint Museum of Art, in Charlotte, N.C.

Artist Statement:

As a studio potter, I work diligently to make well-crafted wares for everyday people.  It’s seemingly less about the “ritual of the table” and more about respecting a long tradition of craftsmen before me and discovering my own voice.  As a contemporary potter, I often look to past traditions for inspiration. I’m interested in folk pottery of many origins. My native state of North Carolina, of course, offers a deep well of talented potters, both folk and contemporary, to look towards for inspiration. 

Simplicity in form offers a broad surface for me to embellish with lines, patterns, and drawings.  Before I was introduced to the ceramics arts, I did a fair amount of illustration before and during art school.  The combination of three-dimensional forms and two-dimensional drawings was a natural fusion of both my love of drawing and pottery, art and craft.  It is my intention to bring together clear and abstract markings to engage the viewer to look closely at how design relates to the form of the pot.

Find Kyle's Artaxis page at: Artaxis.org/Kyle-Carpenter/

and Kyle's instagram: @kylecarpenterpottery

** Kyle Carpenter's Artaxis Shop has ended. You can find more work available for sale by visiting the other Featured Artist collections HERE