Matt Repsher

EDUCATION

—BFA Ceramics, Penn State, University Park, Pennsylvania

2003 MFA from Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana

APPRENTICESHIPS AND RESIDENCIES

2014-2015 Resident, Pocosin Arts, Columbia, North Carolina

PRIMARY WORK EXPERIENCE

2005-2008 Studio Director, Santa Fe Clay, Sante Fe, New Mexico

—Visiting Professor, Ceramics and 3-D Design, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana

—Red Lodge Clay Center, Red Lodge, Montana

—Studio Potter

Matt Repsher’s pieces are wheel thrown using a red bricklike clay. Each piece is reticulated (carved out creating a regular openwork pattern) with repeated geometric surface textures that reflect his interest in architecture, structure and linear patterns.

The surface is combed with a saw blade, painted with colored engobes and finally scraped to remove some of the slip and expose the red clay below.