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David Fernandez

Biography to Display: 

EDUCATION

BA Art and Mathematics. Whitman College, Walla Walla, Washington

Craft Fellowship from the National Endowment of the Arts, Visual Arts in Schools Program

 

PRIMARY WORK EXPERIENCE

1978 Director, Kimball Art Center Park City, Utah.

1980 Potter. Seagrove Stoneware Pottery, Seagrove, North Carolina

 

BIOGRAPHY

David Fernandez is known for wheel thrown pottery. Decorative techniques include carving and glazing.  Fernandez formulates his glazes, clay body, designs, and builds his own kilns. Glaze colors are bright reds, blues, and greens. Fernandez’s forms include dinnerware, large platters, mugs, bowls, and monumental vessel forms.

Fernandez and wife ceramic artist Alexa Modderno share studio space.  Each works independently. 

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

Public Collections to Display: 

American Museum of Ceramic Art, Pomona, California

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Bibliography to Display: 

Knapp, Jessica. “Golfing with a Ceramic Putter.” Ceramics Monthly: Ceramic Tech Highlights, Feb. 2013, pg. 30-31.

 

WEBSITE(S):

https://www.seagrovestoneware.com/about

 

 

Center for CraftCenter For Craft

 

 

AMOCA American Museum of Ceramic ArtAMOCA American Museum of Ceramic Art

 

Typical Marks
1995
Pot
Date: 1995
Materials: Stoneware
Method: Thrown
Dimensions: 11 inches in diameter
American Museum of Ceramic Art, gift of The American Ceramic Society, 2004.2.356
Photo: TMP
American Museum of Ceramic Art, gift of The American Ceramic Society, 2004.2.356
Photo: TMP
1995
Photo: TMP

Citation: Beul, Jasmine. "The Marks Project." Last modified June 7, 2023. http://www.themarksproject.org/marks/fernandez

TAGS

American Museum of Ceramic Art, AMOCA, The American Ceramic Society, ACerS, Center for Craft, CfC