Nicholas Bernard

1981 BFA Arizona State University, Tempe Arizona, summa cum laude

Nicholas Bernard has several bodies of work: low-fired earthenware, which is wheel thrown, with applied slip layer producing underlying texture and pre‒firing application of multiple layers of atomized colored slip and post-firing application of a copper oxide. Each object frequently has multiple firings, some work is raku fired. Bernard has also worked in porcelain, with layers of slip and glazes, high-fired in a reduction atmosphere. The traditional vessel form is his vehicle.

Influences are many ranging from classic forms of antiquity and simple, graceful pots made by the indigenous peoples of the southwestern United States, Africa, Japan, as well as the work of modern studio potters.

The study of 2000 year old pots in a Rhodes, Greece museum provided great inspiration.

Public Collections

Arizona State University Art Museum, Tempe Arizona

American Museum of Ceramic Art, Pomona, California

Boise Art Museum, Boise Idaho

The Wichita Center for the Arts, Wichita, Kansas

Bibliography

“Studio Visit with Nick Bernard.” Ceramics Monthly (February 2014).

Website: www.nbernard.com