Laura Peery

1952 Born, Washington, DC

EDUCATION

—MFA George Washington University, Washington, DC

APPRENTICESHIPS AND RESIDENCIES

1979-1989 Arlington Art Center, Arlington, Virginia, Resident Artist, Board Member

1982-1989 Torpedo Factory Art Center, Alexandria, Virginia, Resident Artist, Board Member

2003-2009 Waverly Street Gallery, Bethesda, Maryland, Artist Member, Board Member 

PRIMARY WORK EXPERIENCE

—Studio artist

 

Laura Peery uses porcelain to build sculptures, many in the form of nonfunctional teapots. She also makes functional pieces, particularly mugs. The color on the work is brushed, sprayed and rubbed on giving the surfaces a soft patina. 

All of her work is inspired by her experiences in her grandmother’s fabric shop. Her teapots and mixed media sculptures are built by assembling cut pieces of clay. a process similar to clothing construction. She often creates surface texture by pressing cloth onto the surface. Buttons and other dress making notions that are added after firing often appear on the pieces.

Public Collections

Cameron Art Museum, Wilmington, North Carolina

Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, Massachusetts

Montgomery College, Rockville, Maryland

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Renwick Gallery, Washington, DC

Bibliography

Gunter, Veronika Alice. 500 Figures in Clay: Ceramic Artists Celebrate the Human Form. Asheville, NC: Lark Books, 2004.

Wargo, Ed. “Threads.” Ceramics Monthly (April 2006).

 

 

Website: www.laurapeeryporcelain.com

 

 

 

	This research was supported by a Craft Research Fund Grant from the Center For Craft
	American Museum of Ceramic Art