Melanie Wulforst

mjwceramics.com

@mjwceramics

Melanie Wulforstis a studio potter in Middletown, CT, originally from Long Island, NY. She received her BFA from New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University in 2014 and has been selling her work full time since 2019. Her work is a search for spiritual meaning - in practice it is an exploration of cultural and historical design elements on traditional pottery form. Melanie creates her porcelain forms primarily on the potter’s wheel, with any combination of coil, slab, or hand-built additions. She adorns her pieces with intricate, slip-trailed patterns and applies celadon glazes to highlight them. Her work is fired to cone 10 in an electric kiln. It is designed to be both beautiful and functional - food, dishwasher, microwave, and oven safe.