Steve Zawojski

Steve has earned many honors as a Ceramist and his work is in collections across the country. He holds an MFA from New York State College of Ceramics and Alfred University in New York where he also was a Graduate Assistant. He has taught ceramics at Washington University in St.Louis, Missouri, Goddard College in Plainfield, Vermont and at Grand Valley State University in Allendale, Michigan. He is a member of the National Council on Education of the Ceramic Arts.

Of his work he said,  “…it is an attempt to organize the visual and structural elements of functional vessels and the subtle, often dramatic effects of the wood-fired kiln.”  He has been working in clay for more than 40 years and in his present wood-fire mode for the past 30 years. His hand built wood fire kiln is a hard brick structure with soft brick and insulating mortar backup. The kiln fires in 9 to 17 hours.