Kenosha Wisconsin based Visual artist, Nate Hunter has been making ceramics and sculpture since 2001. Nate spent 2 years after college apprenticing with Chris Gustin where he fell in love with the process of making and firing ceramics large wood fired kilns.
The process of working with, and firing clay is pivotal to his work. Each piece shows evidence of the harsh environment in the kiln. Many carry scars and marks from the hot wood ash landing and melting on the pots. His work points out that even though the environment is harsh the work was designed to survive, and become stronger because of the struggle. He sees his work as an encouragement that we can survive our struggles. His current obsession is building a new type of kiln, which he will then use to paint with fire and ash to produce new and wild effects.
