Sinclair Ashley

1942 Born Chattanooga, Tennessee

1997 Died Chattanooga, Tennessee

EDUCATION

—BA Fine Art, University of Chattanooga (University of Tennessee at Chattanooga), Chattanooga, Tennessee

1970 Ceramics Studies, Rising Fawn Pottery, Rising Fawn, Georgia

PRIMARY WORK EXPERIENCE

1968-1973 Arts and Crafts Teacher, Hamilton County Secondary Schools, Tennessee

1971-1972 Instructor Chattanooga Art Institute, Chattanooga, Tennessee

1973-1997 Studio Potter

BIOGRAPHY

Sinclair W. Ashley is known for creating functional and decorative pottery. The work was developed on the potter’s wheel, most often using stoneware clay. Ashley frequently glazed his work  in a variety of earth tones and occasionally used these glazes to create abstract landscape decorations on his work. Firing was completed in a cone 10 gas reduction kiln.

Ashley worked with Charles Counts at Rising Fawn Pottery, before opening his own studio in Chattanooga.