Artist Statement
I’m a ceramic artist for over 25 years and split time between Indio and the NorCal Gold Country.
As a retired engineer, I enjoy the depth of exploration that ceramics provides. The variety of clays, glazes and firing processes offer an endless combination of possibilities, and an endless opportunity for research, testing, and experimentation. My preferences lean toward those processes that produce “one of a kind” pieces, like Raku, Pit Firing, Salt, and Crystalline glazing. These methods are technically challenging and actually allow the firing process to have a hand in the artistic outcome. The variety of results, makes opening the kiln similar to the anticipation and thrill of unwrapping a Christmas present.
Biography
Biography
Tim Hanrahan spends winters in Indio, California, summers in Arnold, California and has been making ceramics for over 30 years. While his primary work is Crystalline glazed pottery, he produces other one-of-a-kind pieces using many other processes including Raku, Pit Fired, Horsehair, Saggar, Salt glazed and Cone 10 reduction firings. His primary training and ceramics education was through the Ceramic Arts program in Walnut Creek, California, but has continued through college classes and workshops throughout the US. Some notable workshops attended were by Don Reitz, Vince Patelka, Jane Perryman, Matt Long, Tom Wallich, Steven Hill, Michael Berkley, Leslie Jensen, Bruno Kark, Glenn Grishkoff, and Angel Luna.
Tim has also developed and taught numerous classes and workshops including Wheel Throwing Tall Objects, Raku Glazing & Firing, Crystalline Glazing and Firing and Kiln Repair and Maintenance.
Videos of Tim can be seen on youtube at Donhallworks and Quyle Kilns.
Tim Hanrahan spends winters in Indio, California, summers in Arnold, California and has been making ceramics for over 30 years. While his primary work is Crystalline glazed pottery, he produces other one-of-a-kind pieces using many other processes including Raku, Pit Fired, Horsehair, Saggar, Salt glazed and Cone 10 reduction firings. His primary training and ceramics education was through the Ceramic Arts program in Walnut Creek, California, but has continued through college classes and workshops throughout the US. Some notable workshops attended were by Don Reitz, Vince Patelka, Jane Perryman, Matt Long, Tom Wallich, Steven Hill, Michael Berkley, Leslie Jensen, Bruno Kark, Glenn Grishkoff, and Angel Luna.
Tim has also developed and taught numerous classes and workshops including Wheel Throwing Tall Objects, Raku Glazing & Firing, Crystalline Glazing and Firing and Kiln Repair and Maintenance.
Videos of Tim can be seen on youtube at Donhallworks and Quyle Kilns.