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Vince Pitelka

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Vince Pitelka Studio

Media: Ceramics
Website: vincepitelka.com
Email: vincepitelka@gmail.com
Phone: (931) 260-3323
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I have been a studio potter for over 50 years, and taught ceramics in academia for 33 years.  I retired in 2018 after 24 years running the clay program at Tennessee Technological University’s Appalachian Center for Craft, a satellite campus of TTU and part of the School of Art, Craft, and Design.  My wife Linda (an American historian) and I retired to Chatham County southwest of Chapel Hill, where our son Morgan is on the faculty in the Department of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies at UNC.  I make slab-built functional pottery and large coil-built vessels.  Most of my work features intricate impressed pattern created with bisque-stamps that I carve.  I select glazes that enhance the 3-D relief in the firing process.  I fire my work to cone-8 in a cross-draft LPG soda kiln.  You can find a lot more information about my work at my website, and please contact me if you have questions or comments or wish to arrange a studio visit to see my work in person.

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Vince Pitelka, Teapot, 2020, slab-built white stoneware, soda-fired to cone-7, mixed media
Vince Pitelka, Teapot, 2020, slab-built white stoneware, textured with bisque stamps, soda-fired to cone-7, mixed media
Vince Pitelka, 30 cu.-ft. Soda Kiln, 2019
Vince Pitelka, 30 cu.-ft. Soda Kiln, 2019
Vince Pitelka, Group of Bottles, 2020, slab-built white stoneware, soda-fired to cone-7
Vince Pitelka, Group of Bottles, 2020, slab-built white stoneware, textured with bisque stamps, soda-fired to cone-7
Vince Pitelka, Teapot, 2019, slab-built white stoneware, soda-fired to cone-7
Vince Pitelka, Teapot, 2019, slab-built white stoneware, textured with bisque stamps, soda-fired to cone-7
Vince Pitelka, Platter, 2020, slab-built white stoneware, soda-fired to cone-7
Vince Pitelka, Platter, 2020, slab-built white stoneware, textured with bisque stamps, soda-fired to cone-7
Vince Pitelka, Teapot, 2020, slab-built white stoneware, soda-fired to cone-7
Vince Pitelka, Teapot, 2020, slab-built white stoneware, textured with bisque stamps, soda-fired to cone-7
Vince Pitelka, Flask, 2020, slab-built white stoneware, soda-fired to cone-7
Vince Pitelka, Flask, 2020, slab-built white stoneware, textured with bisque stamps, soda-fired to cone-7
Vince Pitelka, Pitcher, 2020, slab-built white stoneware, soda-fired to cone-7
Vince Pitelka, Pitcher, 2020, slab-built white stoneware, textured with bisque stamps, soda-fired to cone-7
Vince Pitelka, Covered Box, 2020, slab-built white stoneware, soda-fired to cone-7
Vince Pitelka, Covered Box, 2020, slab-built white stoneware, textured with bisque stamps, soda-fired to cone-7
Vince Pitelka, Covered Box, 2020, slab-built white stoneware, soda-fired to cone-7
Vince Pitelka, Covered Box, 2020, slab-built white stoneware, textured with bisque stamps, soda-fired to cone-7
Vince Pitelka, Whiskey Cups with Stand, 2020, slab-built white stoneware, soda-fired to cone-7
Vince Pitelka, Whiskey Cups with Stand, 2020, slab-built white stoneware, textured with bisque stamps, soda-fired to cone-7
Vince Pitelka, Group of Vases, 2019, slab-built white stoneware, soda-fired to cone-7
Vince Pitelka, Group of Vases, 2019, slab-built white stoneware, textured with bisque stamps, soda-fired to cone-7
Vince Pitelka, Covered Jar Triptych, 2017
Vince Pitelka, Covered Jar Triptych, 2017
Vince Pitelka - Display setup for Chatham Artists Guild Studio Tour
Vince Pitelka – Display setup for Chatham Artists Guild Studio Tour
Vince Pitelka, Baking Dish, 2020, slab-built white stoneware, soda-fired to cone-7
Vince Pitelka, Baking Dish, 2020, slab-built white stoneware, textured with bisque stamps, soda-fired to cone-7
Vince Pitelka, Teapot, 2020, slab-built white stoneware, soda-fired to cone-7
Vince Pitelka, Teapot, 2020, slab-built white stoneware, textured with bisque stamps, soda-fired to cone-7
Vince Pitelka, Group of Mugs, 2019, slab-built white stoneware, soda-fired to cone-7
Vince Pitelka, Group of Mugs, 2019, slab-built white stoneware, textured with bisque stamps, soda-fired to cone-7
Vince Pitelka, Flask, 2020, slab-built white stoneware, soda-fired to cone-7
Vince Pitelka, Flask, 2020, slab-built white stoneware, textured with bisque stamps, soda-fired to cone-7
Vince Pitelka, Vase, 2020, slab-built white stoneware, soda-fired to cone-7
Vince Pitelka, Vase, 2020, slab-built white stoneware, textured with bisque stamps, soda-fired to cone-7
Vince Pitelka, Applying Wax Resist
Vince Pitelka, Applying Wax Resist
Tulip Vase, slab-built stoneware, soda-fired to cone-8
Slab-built stoneware impressed with bisque stamps, soda-fired to cone-8
30-cubic-foot LPG Soda Kiln
30-cubic-foot LPG Soda Kiln, built in the spring of 2019
Baking Dish, Slab Built, Soda-Fired to Cone-8

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