Maureen Mills
Full Time BFAPart Time CE
MFA - University of Nebraska
BA - Knox College
Contact
603-836-2565
mmills@nhia.edu
Teaching Philosophy
My work continues to explore the contradictions of delicate surface techniques combined with the strength of brown stoneware clays and most recently the use of pristine white porcelain clay body in heavily altered forms. When fired in a wood burning kiln, the surface can become almost obliterated with melting ash, yet the subtle quality of surface depth that is achieved continues to strengthen each form. Instead of exaggerating pattern and surface, the firing process itself combined with altered shapes and relatively restrained surface treatment yields a body of work that is a synthesis of my continuing European, Asian and American influences.
Exhibition History
Strictly Functional: Then and Now: NCECA, Philadelphia, PA - April 2010
Functional Ceramics Invitational: Wayne Center for the Arts, Wooster OH - April 2010
In Cahoots: Collaborative Work of Maureen Mills and Victoria Elbroch: George Marshall Store Gallery, York, ME - June 2009
Publication History
Surface Design for Ceramics by Maureen Mills, Lark Books - July 2008
Studio Potter Journal, "Not Just Money" - Winter 2010
Distinctions & Awards
Artist Advancement Grant from the NH Charitable Foundation Piscataqua Region - 2005-2005
