EDUCATION
1988 BS Broad Area Arts, University of Wisconsin, River Falls, Wisconsin
1992 BFA Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, Missouri
1994 MFA New York State College of Ceramic Arts, Alfred University, Alfred, New York
APPRENTICESHIPS AND RESIDENCIES
—Apprenticed under Wang Hui Ming, Master Painter, Wood Engraver
2006 Residency, Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts, Newcastle, Maine
PRIMARY WORK EXPERIENCE
1988—Studio Potter
Steve Rolf is known for making a full line of thrown functional wares. When leather hard the forms are layered with wet clays which are often further altered, engraved, carved, cut and re assembled.
Public Collections
Alfred Ceramic Art Museum, Alfred University, Alfred, New York
American Museum of Ceramic Art, Pomona, California
Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Minnesota History Center, St. Paul, Minnesota
Ulsan City Museum, Ulsan, Korea
Bibliography
“Doing it Right.” Ceramics Monthly (December 2004).
"Focus on Function." National Ceramic Biennial Internet and Show Catalog, (2000).
“Functional Ceramics 2006” show catalog. Wooster, OH: Wayne Center for the Arts, 2006.
Hemachandra, Ray. 500 Vases: Contemporary Explorations of a Timeless Form. Asheville, NC: Lark Ceramics, 2010.
rosenfieldcollection.com
“Starting Out.” The Studio Potter 33, no.1 (December 2004).
Website: www.scrolfpotter.com
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This research was supported by a Craft Research Fund Grant from the Center For Craft |
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