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In this video, Lindsay Scypta shares her techniques for throwing an elegant coffee pitcher and topping it off with her signature stamped and sprigged decoration.

If you did an informal survey of why potters get hooked on clay, the primary reason would probably be its amazing ability to take on any texture or shape. It's really quite a remarkable quality! Lindsay Scypta celebrates this remarkable quality in her beautifully ornamented pots. And in this video, Lindsay shares a plethora of techniques for taking full advantage of clay's malleable nature to create a coffee pot with complex, highly decorated surfaces. If you LOVE texture, this video will keep you inspired and exploring for a long time.

Total runtime: 1:38:51

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Lindsay Scypta

As an artist, potter and designer I am deeply interested in textile pattern, Victorian etiquette, architectural tracery, and the history of the table. I began my ceramics investigation in high school and continued into college, completing a BFA in Art & Design from the New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University. For two remarkable summers I immersed myself in the artist community at Anderson Ranch Art Center as a summer intern, filling my ceramic toolbox with techniques and tools. Finally after two years as an artist-in-residence at Ashland University, I arrived at The Ohio State University where I completed my MFA in ceramic art. I was blessed with the opportunity to follow my thesis research to England, where I visited the Wedgwood Museum, the Victoria & Albert Museum and the Brighton Palace. Some influences over the past years have been the softness of tufted Victorian sitting room chairs, and the architectural motifs and quatrefoils of European Gothic cathedrals. Following graduate school I spent one year as an Artist-in-Resident at Clay Art Center in Port Chester, New York. Currently I am an adjunct ceramics professor at Owens Community College in Perrysburg, Ohio and Bowling Green State University. Working strictly with porcelain clay, the work is thrown, trimmed, altered and decorated, then fired to cone six in an electric oxidation atmosphere. I am still continuing to push my ideas and am excited to incorporate new research into my studio practice!

See Lindsay's ICAN Artist Portfolio page here!

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