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1959 Born Wellesley, Massachusetts
EDUCATION
1981 Diploma, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts
1981 Tuscarora Pottery School, Tuscarora, Nevada
1987 Penland School of Craft, Fall Concentration, Penland, North Carolina
1989 Watershed Center for Ceramic Art, Newcastle, Maine
1990 MFA, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, Minnesota
APPRENTICESHIPS AND RESIDENCIES
1990 Artist in Residence, Mudflat Studio, Somerville, Massachusetts
1994 Artist in Residence Fellowship, Chester Springs Studio, Chester Springs, Pennsylvania
PRIMARY WORK EXPERIENCE
1991-2004 Instructor/Studio Manager, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts
1991-1999 Instructor, Mudflat Pottery School, Somerville, Massachusetts
1999— studio potter/ceramic artist, Cedar Mountain Potters, Parsonsville, Maine
BIOGRAPHY
Davis Orser works in both porcelain and stoneware creating a wide range of functional pieces that are either wood or gas fired. The surface techniques used often include local clay, wood ash, salt and traditional glazes.
Oser uses gas fired, reduction, and salt kilns. He regularly participates with a group of potters in the firing of a Japanese styled, anagama wood-fired kiln.
Osser founded Cedar Mountain Pottery in 1999 where he works with his wife, Laurel MacDuffie.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Ceramics Monthly (October 1996).
Clay Times (September/October 1997).
Daniels, Diana L. and Martha Drexler Lynn. The Vase and Beyond, The Sidney Swidler Collection of Ceramics Catalog of the Permanent Collection. Sacramento, CA: Crocker Museum, 2010.
Galloway, Julia and Ray Hemachandra. 500 Vases: Contemporary Explorations of a Timeless Form. New York, NY: Lark Crafts, 2010.
Lark Books. 500 Pitchers: Contemporary Explorations of a Classic Form. Asheville, NC: Lark Books, 2006.
Tourtillott, Suzanne J. 500 Cups: Ceramic Expressions of Utility and Grace. New York, NY: Lark Crafts, 2005.
WEBSITE(S):
Artist's Studio: Cedar Mountain Potters
Citation: "The Marks Project." Last modified April 12, 2023. http://www.themarksproject.org:443/marks/orser