Noelle Horsfield

1975 Born Ironton, Ohio

EDUCATION

1993-1997 Marshall University, Huntington, West Virginia

1998 University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky

1998 Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, Kentucky

2010 Level I Certificate Training, Yoga Sanctuary, Northampton, Massachusetts

PRIMARY WORK EXPERIENCE

—Owner, Full Circle Ceramic, Huntington, West Virginia

RESIDENCY & APPRENTICESHIPS

2008 Summer Resident & Session Assistant, Watershed Center for Ceramic Art, Newcastle, Maine

BIOGRAPHY

Noelle Horsfield’s work is hand built before the forms are decorated using incising techniques called mishima and sgraffito. These processes produce illustrations that resemble a printmaker's etchings or woodblock prints. She further develops the imagery using repurposed vintage decals; often firing a pot multiple times.

Horsfield’s illustrations draw from traditional folk art, blue and white Asian designs, tattoo art, typography, and wood cut printmaking designs. The entirely handmade pieces range from tiny tidbit plates to serving vessels of all sizes to large decorative vases and urns and are covered in drawn animals, oak leaves, text, and floral patterns. The use of southern sayings and lighthearted profanity have become a signature of her work.