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Mark Nafziger

Biography to Display: 

Born 1957 Archbold, Ohio

 

EDUCATION

BFA, BA Math, Goshen College, Goshen, Indiana

 

PRIMARY WORK EXPERIENCE

 1981-present Resident Potter, Saunder Village, Archbold, Ohio

 

BIOGRAPHY

Mark Nafziger is known for functional, wheel thrown stoneware and porcelain pottery. Nafziger’s decorative techniques include slip trailing, feathering, glazing and incising. He intricately decorates his work using these techniques. Initially firing in an electric kiln he later fired in a wood burning kiln. 

A mathematics major in college, Nafziger took an art elective and was introduced to glass blowing and ceramics. After graduation he was invited to set up a studio at Saunder Village and began what is now a career mastering the craft and art of slip trailing, feathering and glazing. His objects are thrown with sometimes intricate all over decoration, sometimes sparse decoration, but always unified by an overall glaze application.

 Nafziger also has a body of work using incised motifs on simple wood fired vessel forms.

 Nafzifer was voted Ohio’s best potter 2020.

Public Collections

Public Collections to Display: 

American Museum of Ceramic Art, Pomona, California

Canton Museum of Art, Canton, Ohio

Bibliography

Bibliography to Display: 

Blair Clark, Phyllis. “Mark Nafziger.” Ceramics Monthly (December 1995), pp. 29 – 34.

 

Website(s):

https://brush-creek-pottery-mark-nafziger.square.site/

https://www.facebook.com/marknafziger.brushcreekpottery

Artist's Studio: Brush Creek Pottery

 

 

Center for CraftCenter For Craft

 

 

AMOCA American Museum of Ceramic ArtAMOCA American Museum of Ceramic Art

 

Typical Marks

“Nafziger” in brown slip on base of pot.

1990
Bowl
Date: 1990
Materials: Stoneware
Method: Thrown
Dimensions: 4.9 inches in diameter
Surface Technique: Glaze
American Museum of Ceramic Art 2004.2.115, gift of the American Ceramic Society
Photo: TMP
American Museum of Ceramic Art 2004.2.115, gift of the American Ceramic Society
Photo: TMP
1990
Photo: TMP

Citation: Lange, Hanna. "The Marks Project." Last modified September 1, 2022. http://www.themarksproject.org:443/marks/nafziger-0