EDUCATION
BFA University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida
MFA University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida
APPRENTICESHIPS & RESIDENCIES
Residency, Archie Bray Foundation for the Ceramic Arts, Helena, Montana
Core Student, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, North Carolina
Residency, Banff Center for the Arts, Banff, Alberta, Canada
Residency, Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, Maryland
PRIMARY WORK EXPERIENCE
Studio potter
BIOGRAPHY
McKenzie Smith is known for functional stoneware pottery influenced by English folk pottery. The pots are typically wheel thrown and often altered. Areas are left unglazed to contrast the warm stoneware color with the tan, black, and occasionally blue brush strokes1. Regarding firing, Smith says, “I am drawn to wood and salt/soda firing because of the rich effects these firings techniques have on the clay, slips, and glazes I use.”2
1.https://www.northernclaycenter.org/artist/mckenzie-smith-Cited February 18, 2019, 4:00PM.
2.https://www.sasweb.org/page.cfm?p=816-Cited February 18, 2019, 4:00PM.
Public Collections
American Museum of Ceramic Art, Pomona, California
Bibliography
Burleson, Mark. The Ceramic Glaze Handbook: Materials, Techniques, Formulas. Asheville, NC: Lark Books, 2003.
Hluch, Kevin A. The Art of Contemporary American Pottery. Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2000.
Turner, Anderson. Electric Firing: Creative Techniques. Westerville, OH: American Ceramic Society, 2008.
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