Laurel MacDuffie

1962 Born Augusta, Maine

EDUCATION

1985 BA Connecticut College, New London, Connecticut

1996 MA Expressive Therapy, Lesley University, Cambridge, Massachusetts

PRIMARY WORK EXPERIENCE

1999-2012 Instructor, Studio Manager, Danforth Museum School of Art, Framingham, Massachusetts

2003 Teaching Assistant, Haystack Mountain School for Crafts, Deer Isle, Maine

1998-1999 Studio Technician, Mudflat Pottery School, Somerville, Massachusetts

2012—Studio potter/ceramic artist, Cedar Mountain Potters, Parsonsville, Maine

Laurel MacDuffie makes functional pots and sculptures that are high fired in a salt atmosphere. By design, her pots which are made with ergonomic handles are almost too heavy to use easily. She has worked on a series of boxes inspired by chests and trunks.

She works at Cedar Mountain Potters which she shares with her husband, David Orser, also a potter. 

Bibliography

Lark Books. 500 Pitchers: Contemporary Expressions 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: cedarmountainpotters.com

Cedar Mountain Potters

Southern Highland Craft Guild