Travis Berning, Tree House Pottery

EDUCATION

1991 Study at Garden City Community College, Garden City, Kansas

1995 BFA Wichita State University, Wichita, Kansas

—Graduate study, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas

PRIMARY WORK EXPERIENCE

1991—Studio Potter

2003—Founded Tree House Pottery, Dillsboro, North Carolina

 

Travis Berning is known for a full line of wheel-thrown functional ash glazed pottery. Since 1993 leaf silhouettes have been a typical addition to the surface of his pots. Berning frequently alters wheel-thrown wares to create basket forms.

Berning and Joe Frank McKee founded Tree House Pottery in 2003.

 

Tree House Pottery

 

 

 

	This research was supported by a Craft Research Fund grant from The Center for Craft, Creativity & Design, Inc.
	The Archive of the Southern Highland Craft Guild.