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Timothy Sullivan
Creekside Pottery
Marietta, Georgia

Website: http://www.creeksidepottery.com

Artist Statement: My work is predominantly wheel thrown using a 50/50 blend of porcelain and white stoneware. Glazes are applied by trailing, airbrushing, brushing and spraying. All pieces are fired in reduction to cone 10, and some are refired in oxidation.

Studio Description: I used to say that I had a home studio, but now it's more like a studio home. I use my basement for making, my garage for storage and bisque kilns, an outbuilding for glazing and gas firing, a bedroom as a photo studio, and one as an office.

What type of clay do you use? 50/50 blend of Helios porcelain and B-Mix.

What temperature do you fire to? Cone 10.

What is your primary forming method? Wheel thrown.

What is your favorite surface treatment? Trailing and spraying glazes.

Do you make any of your own tools? Some, but I mostly use available pottery tools and sponges. I did make my ball mill which is used extensively.

What one word would you use to describe your work? Thoughtful.

What is your favorite thing about your studio? My studio is in my house, and I love the accessibility.

What is the one thing in your studio you can’t live without? I need all of it: wheel, ball mill, pug mill, kilns. I would have a hard time without the kiln.

What are your top three studio wishes? It would be both great and terrible to have an assistant, Honest and occasional critiques from people I respect, Some ability to retail from my studio.

What’s on your current reading list? I read a lot of fiction.

How do you save money on materials and supplies? Recycle clay.

How do you recharge creatively? Travel, museums, galleries and the internet are all important, but so is time away with family and friends and books.

Do you have any DIY tips for studio efficiency? I would not say that I have mastered either efficiency or orderliness.

What challenges have you given yourself to overcome? I want to make what I want to make. The challenge is to create and extend a body of work that satisfies me and is still desirable to buyers.

What did you first piece look like? I don't really remember, but I would guess a bowl, and a not very good one at that.

What ceramic superpower would you have and why? I would love to have glaze tests make themselves. It's a necessary and cumbersome process. It would be great to look at a formula and see the result.

Who is your ceramic art mentor and why? Greg Daly's book was very helpful when I restarted by career in clay.

What is your studio playlist? Law and Order.

Why do you create art? I don't think of my self as an artist, but as a designer craftsman. I enjoy working within the tradition and finding ways to break out.

What is your best studio tip? I find that time pressures are helpful.

If you could change one property of clay, what would it be? It would be nice if pots didn't break when they fall.