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Michael Morier

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1938 Born Dearborn, Michigan

2008 Died Belen, New Mexico

EDUCATION

BFA Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan

MFA Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan

BIOGRAPHY

Michael Morier is known for coil-built raku fired earthenware pottery. The surfaces are burnished and horsehair is applied to the pots while red hot to create a burned imprint.

Morier started his career as a special education teacher for the deaf, then returned to school and studied pottery under ceramic artist Louis Raynor.

Later, Morier moved to a Navajo reservation in Sanders, Arizona. It was here that he learned to burnish pottery and fire with horsehair, creating his best known work. The native American artist Robert Redbird painted on some of Morier’s largest pieces.

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

Public Collections to Display:

Brunnier Art Museum, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa

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