Exhibiting at Summerhill Studio (#33)
Pottery
Unique wheel-thrown stoneware bowls, vases, bottlenecks, mini-pots and lidded forms. Carved landscapes, fossils and stones used.
Host Location:
Summerhill Art Studio (#33)
2811 197th Street
Calmar, IA 52132
(Physical address: north of Spillville, IA 52168 on W14)
Mailing Address:
Cole Art Pottery
1005 West 1st Street
Sumner, IA 50674
(563) 578-3397
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See gallery below for full size image and recent artwork.
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Doug Cole received his art education at UNI and was a secondary art instructor for 33 years. In 2000 he retired and established Cole Art Pottery in Sumner, Iowa.
Cole specializes in one of a kind wheel-thrown electric fired, cone six functional and decorative pottery. Doug’s pottery philosophy centers on the durability and endless designing options that stoneware clay provides, along with the physical and tactile challenges of this medium. His “earthy” clay pieces emphasize rubbed iron-oxide surfaces with a variety of poured and dripped glaze patterns. Deep and shallow bowls, vases, bottlenecks and lidded forms make up the majority of Cole’s pottery productions.
A recent line of pottery involves the attachment of Devonian era marine fossils that are affixed to various pottery forms. These fossils are collected by the artist at the Rockford Iowa Fossil and Prairie Park.
Cole exhibits his pottery at a number of art festivals and galleries in the upper Midwest. He will be showing at Mary Ann Gloe’s gallery during the tour.