David Voorhees

Porcelain Pottery

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Drawing on a childhood joy of making almost anything wth my hands, I knew clay to be my calling the first time I touched it on a turning pottery wheel. My pots evolved slowly as I earned my skills (being mostly self taught) and soon added a painter's touch, my other love and the legacy of my parents, both of whom were professional painters.

The introduction of porcelain provided a key element in the development of my current body of work, a marriage of classically simple wheel thrown forms, subtle and colorful floral brush decorations, high fired to a luminous finish, known only to porcelain.

Recently, I have begun exploring wood-firing my porcelain and trying some stoneware again after years away from it.  I love the comraderie of this group-based firing technique. 

From time to time I have fun with raku firing pots and sculpture at home and with some local pottery friends.

Member, Southern Highland Craft Guild

                Piedmont Craftsmen

Functional Pottery

Each  piece of my  porcelain pottery has been handmade with care and is lead-free and dishwasher safe. your care will ensure a long lifetime of daily use: avoid extreme changes in temperature when using in a microwave or conventional oven.

One of a Kind Art Pieces

White Birch Bottle

22"

Fall Meadow Vase 18"

Pink Dogwood Vase

20"

Four Sided

Morning Glory Vase

18"

Functional Dinnerware

Pieces and Sets

Long Daisy Tray

14"

Functional Cookware and

Serving Pieces

Wedding Wish Vase ©

click on image to go to Wish Vase infromation page

EDUCATION AND TRAINING HISTORY

-First pot thrown on a potters wheel at Camp High Rocks, NC, summer 1970

-First pottery instruction with Maizie McCready, Sewanee, TN, 1970

-Batchelor of Arts, major in Fine Arts, The University of the South, Sewanee, TN, 1973

-Graduate studies in painting at University of South Carolina, 1973

-Set up first pottery studio 1974 in Morehead City,NC

-Voorhees Pottery established in Henderson Co., NC, 1975

-Workshops studies with:  Sylvia Hyman, Norm Schulman, David Leach, Jenny Lind and others

TEACHING AND WORKSHOPS

current:

John C. Campbell Folk School-spring week-long class on porcelain and decoration.

Camp Greystone-head of Ceramics Program

North House Folk School, Sept. 2008 workshops

Workshops considered, please contact David

past:

Blue Ridge Community College, clay instructor

Odyssey Center for Ceramic Art, instructor

Haywood Community College Production Crafts Department, workshop presentor

UNC Asheville, workshop presentor

Pass Pottery Club, Alberta, Canada, workshop presentor

Click here for info on David's family art shows in western NC

Carved ginko teapot with brass leaf