Jason bige burnett biography death

The work I create is designed to entertain and provide a sense of joy. Cheerful surfaces and simple forms are an intentional invitation to engage my pottery. I compose layers of color and pattern, bringing together stained and burnished surfaces, to suggest an emotional duality between happiness and despair. The work reflects influences with American folk art, mid-century motifs, and my personal interests in both real and idealized domestic landscapes.

He then continued his education for two years at the renowned Penland Schoolof Crafts as a core fellowship student and spent a year as an artist-inresidence at Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts in Gatlinburg, TN. His ceramics have been exhibited nationally, and he has been featured in publications such as Pottery Making Illustrated, Ceramics Monthly Emerging Artist in , American Craft Magazine, and regional magazines such as.

Jason currently lives and works as a fulltime studio artist in Bakersville, NC. Jason Burnett - "Shooters" Ceramic, slip, underglaze, glaze and luster.

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Screen printed underglaze transfers and multi-fired in an electric kiln. Jason Burnett - "Sippers" Jason Burnett - "Asterisk Dinner Plate" Screen printed underglaze transfers, paper resists, and multi-fired in an electric kiln. Multi-colored screen printed underglaze transfers, shellac resist and multi-fired in an electric kiln.

Wax resist, underglaze washes, sgraffito and multi-fired in an electric kiln. Paper resists, sgraffito and multi-fired in an electric kiln. Jason Burnett - "Scallop Bowls"