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Award winning architect, Michael Poness draws on many sources of inspiration in his pottery. Ranging from the obscure, like ancient war machines, to the familiar, like the paintings of Jasper Johns and Paul Klee, these sources look outside the discipline of pottery. Vessels typically begin as wheel thrown forms that are then altered to produce nontraditional pottery.  Mr. Poness works out of the Glen Echo Pottery, Glen Echo, Maryland. For those interested in purchasing, Mr. Poness is represented by the Blue Spiral Gallery, Asheville, North Carolina, or please contact the artist directly.

Contact the artist: mikeponess@gmail.com

Experience

2026 Strictly Functional Pottery National - Lancaster Museum of Art

2019  Strictly Functional Pottery National - Kevin Lehman’s Pottery, Lancaster, Pennsylvania 

2018 Craft Forms 2018, Wayne Art Center, Philadelphia, PA - Juror, Perry Allen Price

2018  Workhouse Clay International 2018

2017  “Teapots VIII” Baltimore Clayworks

2017 “On the Rocks” Exhibition - Pewabic Gallery, Detroit, MI -Juror, Pete Pinnell

2017  Featured Exhibition - Blue Spiral 1 Gallery, Asheville, NC

2016  Workhouse Clay International 2016 - Juror, Jack Troy

2015  Creative Craft Council 30th Biennial Show - Strathmore Hall Arts Center - Best in Show

2015  “Michael Poness + Scott Upton” - Blue Spiral 1 Gallery, Asheville, North Carolina

2015  “Graphic Clay” Baltimore Clayworks - Juror, Jason Bige Burnett

2015  “Teapots VII” Baltimore Clayworks - Juror, Mark Shapiro 

2014  Strictly Functional Pottery National - Kevin Lehman’s Pottery, Lancaster, Pennsylvania