Alex Matisse (MA/NC, b. 1984), Large East Fork Pottery Ovoid Vase

Wood fired, salt glazed stoneware, with artist's pottery cipher to base.

13 x 15 in. diameter

Private Collection, Raleigh, North Carolina

Great-grandson of Henri Matisse, pottery artist Alex Matisse, is the co-founder of East Fork Pottery located in Madison County.

Alex apprenticed in the workshops of North Carolina potters Matt Jones and Mark Hewitt.  In their workshops Alex gained an appreciation for the traditions of the Anglo-Oriental school of Leach, Hamada, and Cardew to the folk pottery of the south-eastern United States and many places between. 
Alex describes his own work as “a fusion of pre-industrial country traditions in both process and material. It is fired in a large wood burning kiln and made of as many local materials as the chemistry will allow, while still affording me the physical attributes necessary for my aesthetic decisions.”

Good estate condition.