In 2003 I left a corporate career to become a full-time artist.
After two residencies in Taiwan my work has risen to national
acclaim. Hand-carved tree trunk vessels represent transformations
and are created with meticulous detail, bringing forth trees’
magnificence, individuality and energy. They are created in my
scenic country studio. Enjoy Taiwanese tea all day and raku firing
demonstrations 2:00 PM open studio weekends.
CONTACT INFORMATION
phone: 607-564-7810
e-mail: eric@muddypawspottery.com
website: www.ericserritella.com
ADDRESS 528 Sebring Road, Newfield, NY 14867
STUDIO DIRECTIONS
The studio is just 15 minutes from downtown Ithaca. Follow Route 13 South past Wegmans, Tops, the fast food restaurants and Buttermilk Falls State Park. Veer to the right, continuing on Route 13 South up the big hill for about four and one-half miles until you pass the Gulf gas station. Travel for one and one-half more miles and make a right onto Trumbulls Corners Road (there is a car wash on the opposite corner). Follow Trumbulls Corners Road to the first stop sign and make a left onto Sebring Road. The studio, #528 is about 100 yards on the right.
Note: Do not turn onto Millard Hill Road at the sign that says “To Trumbulls Corners Road” that is prior to the Gulf gas station. Instead, stay on Route 13, make sure you pass the Gulf gas station, drive 1.5 more miles and then turn right onto Trumbulls Corners Road.
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
2006 - Artist Residency, Taipei and Ping-si, Taiwan: Master Ah Leon
2004 - Artist Residency, Yingge, Taiwan: Masters Ah Leon, Woon, and Li and Shui-Li Snake Kiln & Cultural Park, Masters Lin and Jeong
2003 - Yixing teapot workshops with Master Ah Leon, Cornell University
1985 - Ithaca College, BA
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2007 - Opened Earth: Taiwanese Pottery workshop, Ottawa Potter’s Guild, Canada
2006 - Opened Earth: Taiwanese Pottery workshop, Multicultural Arts Days, Mansfield University, PA
2006 - Opened Earth: The Beauty Within workshop, Syracuse Ceramic Guild, Syracuse University, NY
2004 - New York to Taiwan, A Journey in Clay, Taipei County Yingge Ceramics Museum, Taiwan
2004 - Wheel-thrown Teapots and Altered Clay Slabs, Taiwan National Central University
GRANTS & AWARDS
2007 – Grand Prize – Mossy Mugs, Kent State University 7th Annual Juried Cup Show, Kent, OH
2006, 2007 - Local Capacity Building grant, Community Arts Partnership of Tompkins County, visiting artist instructor, Dryden High School
2004, 2006 - New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) S.O.S. grant for development of new ceramic works in Taiwan
2006 - Merit Award – Weathered Log Teapot, Feats of Clay XIX, Lincoln Arts & Cultural Foundation, CA
2005- 2nd Place – Opened Earth Pottery, Best of New York Artists and Artisans
2003 - 1st Place – Ceramics, Pit Fired Vessel, Downtown Syracuse Arts & Crafts Festival, NY
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2007 – History in the Making, Genesee Center for the Arts, Rochester, NY: Juror: Val Cushing
2007 – Kent State University 7th Annual National Juried Cup Show, (Grand Prize), Downtown Gallery, Kent, OH: Juror: Bill Jones, Editor Pottery Making Illustrated
2007 - Cyberclay: The First International Exhibit of Clayart, Gallery Janjobe, NCECA, Louisville, KY
2006 - Craft Art Western New York, Burchfield-Penney Art Center, The Museum for Western NY Arts; Juror: Lloyd Herman, founding Director of the Smithsonian American Art Museum’s Renwick Gallery
2006 - Strictly Functional Pottery National, Lancaster, PA; Juror: Tom Coleman
2006 - Feats of Clay XIX, (Merit Award), Lincoln Arts & Cultural Foundation, CA; Juror: Judith Duff
2006 - Skin Deep, Francis Marion University, SC; Juror: Val Cushing
2005 - Opened Earth: The Beauty Within, 171 Cedar Arts Center, Corning, NY
2005 - Visions from East Asia, Community School of Music & Arts, Ithaca, NY; co-sponsored by Cornell University, Department of East Asian Studies
2005 - Ceramics 2005 – Fifth Biennial Exhibition of North American Clay, Guilford Handcraft Center, CT; Juror: Chris Gustin
2005 - Earth, Wheel & Fire, International Museum of Art & Science, a Smithsonian affiliate, TX; Juror: Juan Granados
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
2006 - Ceramics Monthly, (feature) “Opened Earth: The Beauty Within,” December
2006 - Pottery Making Illustrated, (cover and feature), “Unearthing Beauty: Revealing Surfaces from Within,” Sept, Oct.
2006 - Cone Three Ceramic Formulas, by John W. Conrad, (photo)
2005 - Best of New York Artists and Artisans, Kennedy Publishing, (photo)
Clay Times, (photo), July/August
2004- Ceramic Art Magazine (Taiwan), by Wang, Shu-Lin, (feature), Summer
CONTACT INFORMATION
phone: 607-564-7810
e-mail: eric@muddypawspottery.com
website: www.ericserritella.com
ADDRESS 528 Sebring Road, Newfield, NY 14867
STUDIO DIRECTIONS
The studio is just 15 minutes from downtown Ithaca. Follow Route 13 South past Wegmans, Tops, the fast food restaurants and Buttermilk Falls State Park. Veer to the right, continuing on Route 13 South up the big hill for about four and one-half miles until you pass the Gulf gas station. Travel for one and one-half more miles and make a right onto Trumbulls Corners Road (there is a car wash on the opposite corner). Follow Trumbulls Corners Road to the first stop sign and make a left onto Sebring Road. The studio, #528 is about 100 yards on the right.
Note: Do not turn onto Millard Hill Road at the sign that says “To Trumbulls Corners Road” that is prior to the Gulf gas station. Instead, stay on Route 13, make sure you pass the Gulf gas station, drive 1.5 more miles and then turn right onto Trumbulls Corners Road.
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
2006 - Artist Residency, Taipei and Ping-si, Taiwan: Master Ah Leon
2004 - Artist Residency, Yingge, Taiwan: Masters Ah Leon, Woon, and Li and Shui-Li Snake Kiln & Cultural Park, Masters Lin and Jeong
2003 - Yixing teapot workshops with Master Ah Leon, Cornell University
1985 - Ithaca College, BA
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2007 - Opened Earth: Taiwanese Pottery workshop, Ottawa Potter’s Guild, Canada
2006 - Opened Earth: Taiwanese Pottery workshop, Multicultural Arts Days, Mansfield University, PA
2006 - Opened Earth: The Beauty Within workshop, Syracuse Ceramic Guild, Syracuse University, NY
2004 - New York to Taiwan, A Journey in Clay, Taipei County Yingge Ceramics Museum, Taiwan
2004 - Wheel-thrown Teapots and Altered Clay Slabs, Taiwan National Central University
GRANTS & AWARDS
2007 – Grand Prize – Mossy Mugs, Kent State University 7th Annual Juried Cup Show, Kent, OH
2006, 2007 - Local Capacity Building grant, Community Arts Partnership of Tompkins County, visiting artist instructor, Dryden High School
2004, 2006 - New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) S.O.S. grant for development of new ceramic works in Taiwan
2006 - Merit Award – Weathered Log Teapot, Feats of Clay XIX, Lincoln Arts & Cultural Foundation, CA
2005- 2nd Place – Opened Earth Pottery, Best of New York Artists and Artisans
2003 - 1st Place – Ceramics, Pit Fired Vessel, Downtown Syracuse Arts & Crafts Festival, NY
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2007 – History in the Making, Genesee Center for the Arts, Rochester, NY: Juror: Val Cushing
2007 – Kent State University 7th Annual National Juried Cup Show, (Grand Prize), Downtown Gallery, Kent, OH: Juror: Bill Jones, Editor Pottery Making Illustrated
2007 - Cyberclay: The First International Exhibit of Clayart, Gallery Janjobe, NCECA, Louisville, KY
2006 - Craft Art Western New York, Burchfield-Penney Art Center, The Museum for Western NY Arts; Juror: Lloyd Herman, founding Director of the Smithsonian American Art Museum’s Renwick Gallery
2006 - Strictly Functional Pottery National, Lancaster, PA; Juror: Tom Coleman
2006 - Feats of Clay XIX, (Merit Award), Lincoln Arts & Cultural Foundation, CA; Juror: Judith Duff
2006 - Skin Deep, Francis Marion University, SC; Juror: Val Cushing
2005 - Opened Earth: The Beauty Within, 171 Cedar Arts Center, Corning, NY
2005 - Visions from East Asia, Community School of Music & Arts, Ithaca, NY; co-sponsored by Cornell University, Department of East Asian Studies
2005 - Ceramics 2005 – Fifth Biennial Exhibition of North American Clay, Guilford Handcraft Center, CT; Juror: Chris Gustin
2005 - Earth, Wheel & Fire, International Museum of Art & Science, a Smithsonian affiliate, TX; Juror: Juan Granados
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
2006 - Ceramics Monthly, (feature) “Opened Earth: The Beauty Within,” December
2006 - Pottery Making Illustrated, (cover and feature), “Unearthing Beauty: Revealing Surfaces from Within,” Sept, Oct.
2006 - Cone Three Ceramic Formulas, by John W. Conrad, (photo)
2005 - Best of New York Artists and Artisans, Kennedy Publishing, (photo)
Clay Times, (photo), July/August
2004- Ceramic Art Magazine (Taiwan), by Wang, Shu-Lin, (feature), Summer
"Jiving Teapot," 13"x13"h, hand carved, multiple stonewares, oxide
washes, oxidation fired to cone 6, 2006
"Split Log Teapot," 17"x19"h, hand carved, stoneware, oxide washes, oxidation fired to cone 6, 2007
"Tree Trunk Teapot," 20"x24"h, hand carved, stoneware, oxide washes, oxidation fired to cone 6, 2006
"Mossy Teapot," 15"x11"h, hand carved, stoneware, oxide washes, oxidation fired to cone 6, 2006
"Split Log Teapot," 17"x19"h, hand carved, stoneware, oxide washes, oxidation fired to cone 6, 2007
"Tree Trunk Teapot," 20"x24"h, hand carved, stoneware, oxide washes, oxidation fired to cone 6, 2006
"Mossy Teapot," 15"x11"h, hand carved, stoneware, oxide washes, oxidation fired to cone 6, 2006
