Linda Sikora

Linda SikoraPower Point by Christina Ramirez

CANADIAN

Linda Sikora moved to the United States from Canada to attend graduate school at the University of Minnesota. She teaches at Alfred University in

the Division of Ceramic Art and shares a studio with her husband Matthew Metz in Alfred Station, where they live with their daughter Isabel.

“the pots foster both attention and inattention”

Yellow GroupPorcelain2014

Education•1989 -1992University of Minnesota, Minneapolis Master of Fine Arts•1988-1989Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Halifax, NS, Canada Bachelor of Fine Arts•1983University of Calgary, Alberta, CanadaGlaze Technology•1980 -1983David Thompson University Center, Nelson, British Columbia, Canada Diploma of Fine Arts

Teapoth - 6" (15.2cm)

2003Stoneware

Polychrome Glaze Wood/Oil/Salt

Ewer and Stand2000

Porcelain Polychrome Glaze Wood/Oil/Salt Fire

Yellow Teapots 2012

Sikora has been experimenting with the use of unglazed porcelain ewers with accompanying stands. The form of the ewers derives from Korean and Middle Eastern

metal and ceramic ewers used for wine and oil. Lightly colored by salt and ash added during firing

Forms influenced by Staffordshire tea pots

“…at first the roundness of the pots scared me, to be honest”

Teapot Ewer Teapot

2012Porcelain

Monochrome Glaze Salt Fire

Informal sketch: studio group 2012

families of form and surface drive the approach

Porcelain Monochrome Glaze Wood/Oil/Salt Fire

Jar, Porcelainous Stoneware, 8" Diameter x 10”H

Pitcher, Porcelain, 7"L x 7"W x 10”H

Tang Sancaimainly using the three colors of brown, green, and a creamy off-white for decoration, mostly associated with Tang Dynasty A SANCAI-GLAZED POTTERY

GLOBULAR JAR TANG DYNASTY (618-907)

Covered Jar, 2010porcelain, polychrome glaze, wood fire

14.5" x 11.5" x 11.5"Winning Bid $2,000

Matthew Metz

Teaching since 19911997

-present

Alfred University, Alfred, NY

(2008 Professor, 2002 AssociateProfessor,

2005 Division Head of Ceramic Art)