Elisa Kayser Eaton

https://www.wesleyanpotters.com/staff/elisa-eaton/

My pots are hand built using the traditional methods of coiling, pinching and scraping. The pots are then carved, sculpted and slip-decorated with designs inspired by the Northeastern tribes, Anasazi, Hohokam, Mimbres and other peoples of ancient America.

I started pottery making as a small child, digging clay out of the brook behind our house and shaping crude bowls. I continued from there taking pottery classes and workshops with many teachers including Barbara Diduk, Kim Dickey, Lori Lapin, Kofi Asanti, Drew Lewis, Grandmother Marsha, Jeff Kalin and Paula Shalan. My BA from Dickinson College is in Fine Arts with a studio arts concentration in ceramics (and a double major in Russian Studies).

Since studying the work and ideas of Kandinsky and Der Blaue Reiter, I have been interested in expressing the spiritual in art. Researching my grandfather’s family history led me to the art work and ideas of Native America from where I now draw my inspiration.