Judith Fay Nafziger, Judith Nafziger

1947 Born

EDUCATION

1971 Pennsylvania State University, State College, Pennsylvania

1975 BA Sociology, Metropolitan State College, Denver, Colorado

1981-1983 Loretto Heights College, Denver, Colorado

—Anderson Ranch, workshops, Snowmass, Colorado

PRIMARY WORK EXPERIENCE

1976-2004 Studio Potter

Judith Nafziger is known for wheel thrown functional forms made using stoneware, white stoneware and occasionally porcelain. The surfaces are typically finished with a white glaze with copper, cobalt, iron, and chrome decorations. The imagry shows Nafziger's Pennsylvania Dutch background and love of nature.

Nafzinger gathered her ceramic skills in workshops with notable makers including Elmer Taylor, David Leach, Peter Pinnell, M.C. Richards, Victor Babu and Warren MacKenzie.