Holly Walker

My pots are handbuilt, pinching up each layer of rolled coil to build form. Pinching is a slow, rhythmic process that allows time to envision a piece while working, and the resulting texture is intrinsic to the building process. I approach the surface of a pot as a painter, brushing colored slips over the raw terracotta surface, layering multiple glazes after bisquing. I aim for the speed, the pulse, and the tempo of making to be revealed in the pot.

Holly exhibits and teaches workshops nationally, and formerly served in varying capacities at Penland School of Crafts (NC) and as Director of Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts (ME). She co-authored Visual Translations in The Studio Potter, 2010, and is a featured artist in Masters, Earthenware by Lark Books, 2009. In 2011, she is teaching at Rhode Island School of Design, Penland School of Crafts, and in Austin, Texas as a featured artist in the annual Art of the Pot exhibition.