Mike Sisson is a native San Diegan and former high school
teacher of 30 years. He has a BA in Industrial Arts with emphases in
Graphic Art and Photography from San Diego State University.
His interest in pottery began while
traveling in France in the early 1980’s, happening into a small Burgundy
town where a local production potter was hard at work. As it has with
so many other people, watching the conversion of a crude ball of clay into
a graceful and useful object affected him permanently. That, Combined with
an interest in cooking and baking, were the necessary motivations to find
instruction and set up a garage facility at home. Two homes later, he now
has a dedicated studio/kiln facility in the Jamul residence shared by he
and his wife, Mona.
The pottery has evolved from stoneware
casseroles and pitchers to porcelain bowls, covered containers and teapots.
The changes were the result of instruction and experimentation. Mike originally
studied with Eric Christian in Spanish village, then Catharine Hiersoux,
Stephen de Staebler and Brian Ransom in workshops. The experimentation is
one of the more attractive aspects of the medium to Mike in that every new
glaze, clay, firing schedule and forming technique can produce a new and
interesting outcome.
EXHIBITIONS:
Roy Helms Contemporary Crafts Market, Santa Monica, CA – May 1994, November
1994, November 1995, November, 2002
Designer’s Showcase, Rancho Santa Fe, CA 1995
Designer’s Workshop, La Jolla, CA October1994
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