Kaan Canduran is a professor at ceramic departments in Hacettepe University and Aziz Baha Örken is an assistant professor at ceramic departments in Afyon Kocatepe University. Both conduct workshops, demonstrating, exhibiting their works and participating in international symposiums and art events. They are experienced in alternative firing techniques (salt firing, raku, wood firing etc.). For ICF 2023, they will crea
Donovan Palmquist has been making pots for over 45 years. Currently, he makes pots part-time and is the owner of Master Kiln Builders. He received his MFA in Ceramics at the University of Minnesota in 1988. He exhibits his work nationally, and has re-ceived numerous grants and awards. He has served on the Board of Directors at the Northern Clay Center in Minneapolis, and has taught at the Northern Clay Center and Ano
I work in the Slipware tradition. Its roots in North Devon are what drew me to it. Its humble origins of the everyday medieval pot to its vibrant place in today’s studio pottery are what kept me at it. My pots are made for the kitchen, oven and table to celebrate food in everyday life. Although my work is deeply rooted in the North Devon Slipware traditions, it has a freshness that sits well in any modern home
Joe started his pottery career in 1964 with an apprenticeship under his father Ray Finch at Winchcombe Pottery. It was during that time that he gained his first experience of kiln building when helping to build a new two chamber, oil fired kiln. In 1968 he travelled to South Africa where he spent three months with Esias Bosch before moving onto Lesotho where he was sponsored to establish Kolonyama Pottery. Here he d
