Sunshine Cobb is a ceramic artist and instructor based in California, where she is currently a visiting professor at Sacramento State University. She has previously held adjunct or visiting professor roles at Sonoma State University, University of Pacific, and Utah State. She has experience with everything from eight-day anagama wood firings to slip casting ornaments, but she focuses her talent on functional ware, embracing the richness of earthenware and exploring the challenge of electric firing. Sunshine has been the recipient of the Windgate Fellowship Emerging Artist award, a featured emerging artist in Ceramics Monthly (cover artist), and a long-term resident at Archie Bray. She has taught workshops across the country including Penland School of Crafts, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Arrowmont, Santa Fe Clay, and The Clay Studio. She holds a BA in studio art from CSU Sacramento and an MFA in ceramic art from Utah State University.
"This book is like the best of Sunshine’s pots: a marvel of
construction that balances flashy tricks with soulful surprises.
The jewels of hard-won knowledge within are piquant, and will
linger in your head (and hands) for a long time."
*Garth Johnson, Curator of Ceramics, ASU Art Museum Ceramics
Research Center*
"Anyone who has been lucky enough to take a class with Sunshine
will instantly recognize her generosity, humor, and expertise in
this book. For all others, it will introduce you to Sunshine’s big
heart and organized mind, her sense of form and color, and the joy
she finds in making everyday pots. Keep this book close at hand—if
you’re using it correctly it should be covered in fingerprints and
glaze splatter in no time."
*Leslie Noell, Director of Programs, Penland School of Crafts*
"Sunshine shares her years of experience working with various hand
building techniques to create architectural forms with a strong
sense of identity in such an enthusiastic and approachable way that
I found myself thinking that she was in the same room with me,
sharing her processes, answering anticipated questions, and
offering advice."
*Jessica Knapp, Editor, Ceramics Monthly*
"A must-have book for any potter or teacher, Mastering Hand
Building makes me want to be in my studio . . . making pots!"
*Bill Griffith, Administrator/Educator and Potter, Arrowmont School
of Arts and Crafts*
"For a no-nonsense approach to hand building and vessel
construction in clay, look no further. As only she can, Sunshine
offers generous and straightforward information for the beginning
to advanced artist and thoughtful interviews with many talented
artists in our field."
*Steven Young Lee, Director, Archie Bray Foundation for the Ceramic
Arts*
"Sunshine Cobb has established a remarkable reputation for quirky,
colorful, and thoroughly contemporary pottery. Her new book is just
as remarkable. With an engaging combination of technical mastery
and philosophical insight, the author’s ebullient personality
fairly oozes from the seams of this terrific new studio
handbook."
*John Neely, Potter and Professor, Utah State University*
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