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Vince Pitelka

June 11, 2020

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Vince Pitelka Studio

Media: Ceramics, Mixed Media
Website: vincepitelka.com
Email: vpitelka@dtccom.net
Phone: (931) 260-3323
Read our interview with the artist

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 Asian 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-7/8 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, 30 cu.-ft. Soda Kiln, 2019
Vince Pitelka, 30 cu.-ft. Soda Kiln, 2019
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 Studio
Vince Pitelka Studio
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
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

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