Dwayne Sackey

Dwayne Sackey

 
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Summers in the wilderness inform my aesthetic with awe-inspiring beauty from gem-colored lakes and snow-capped mountain peaks. Channelling nature’s essence into functional pots and abstract sculptures, I relay nature’s gift - a sense of belonging - yours for the asking.

Translating the harmonies of nature’s flaws, mysteries, and intricacies connect you with your sacred place in nature. Gentle curves reflective of streams meandering through flower-studded meadows. Textured surfaces of hard, lichen-covered granite boulders heated by the sun, weathered by the rains. Skyscapes of mountain peaks and ridges, dramatized with intentional, decisive lines. Emotions from wilderness become vistas of the sublime in your home and heart.

Access to the qualities of these raw environments fills your everyday life with comfort and coziness. Like a spring surfacing from the side of a mountain where water is so desperately needed, I create what people might not even know they long for - nourishing, refreshing and whole companions.

Transporting messages from nature into your home, your piece gifts you with the belonging and recognition nature bestows upon those who venture into its embrace. Imbued with this intention, the calm, balanced and bold beauty of nature is literally at your fingertips.

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Dwayne Sackey

3910 SE Knight St. Portland, OR 97202

     (510) 684-4150      |  dwaynesackey@gmail.com    

Dwaynesackey.com   | @dwaynespots 



EDUCATION

2019-2017 Oregon College of Art and Craft, Portland, OR

B.F.A. with a focus in ceramics


2020-2022 Studio Potter Grant for apprenticeship,  Portland, OR

Under the Instruction of Chris Baskin, 

  • Funding provided time to focus on apprenticeship for a second year, learning Chris Baskin’s throwing, decorating, and firing techniques.


PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2024-2020Dwayne Sackey Ceramics, Portland, OR

Potter 

  • Producing, marketing and selling pottery as my primary source of income 


2024-2022 KAABO CLAY COLLECTIVE , Sarasota, FL

Board Member 

  • Participating in the growth of the collective. 


2024 CASCADE CERAMICS STUDIO, Tigard, OR

Teacher

  • Deep dive into faceting and altering, using my technique for making tea bowls. Curriculum covers throwing, trimming, and glazing techniques, and conversations around form and function.


BURNISH CLAY STUDIO, Bellinham, WA

2023 Visiting Artist  

  • BIPOC soda firing workshop. Focus was primarily on glaze application and soda firing technique, including throwing demo and wheel throwing lesson.


THE MUD ROOM, Portland, OR

2023 Teacher

  • Primarily intro level wheel throwing classes. I spent lots of time guiding students through basics of throwing pots.


2022 NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON EDUCATION IN CERAMIC ARTS (NCECA), Sacramento, CA

Demonstrator 

  • Performed a wheel throwing, demonstrating my technique for throwing faceting and altering tea bowls.


2022 CLAY BY THE BAY, San Francisco, CA

Visiting Artist

  • Weekend workshop consisted of slide talk, demos, and hands on wheel throwing lessons with advanced students.


OREGON POTTERS ASSOCIATION, Portland, OR

2021 After School Ceramics Teacher 

  •  OPA collaborated with an afterschool program in Portland public schools

  •  I facilitated elementary school children playing with clay.

2020 Zoom Demo Teacher

  •  Demonstrated the technique and components for throwing a water sealing sauerkraut crock

2021-2020 Zoom Demo Tech  

  • During the pandemic, helped OPA facilitate zoom demos with members in Oregon by going to their home, helping set up cameras, or virtually assisting them with setup, rehearsal, and execution of their demos.


2018 LILITH ROCKETT CERAMICS, Portland, OR

Ceramics Internship

  • Time with Lilith opened my eyes to the studio practice and life of a full time potter.


2017 MUDSHARK STUDIOS, Portland, OR

Mold Making Internship

  • Working in the slip casting, mold making factory was eye opening to the more industrial side of the ceramic arts.

ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE

2020 EAST CREEK ART, Willamina, OR

Golden Spot Residency (November ‘20)

  • Spent November living at Eastcreek Art delving into my ceramic process without the distractions of daily life in town.

GRANTS & AWARDS

2022Studio Potter,Studio potter grant for apprenticeship2017Oregon College of Art and Craft, Community College transfer scholarship, Portland, OR2017Clayfolk, Ellice T. Johnston Scholarship for the Ceramic Arts

EXHIBITIONS

2024Companion Gallery, Last Call IX, Humboldt, TN2023Companion Gallery, Last Call VIII, Humboldt, TN2023Companion Gallery, Material Mugs VIII, Humboldt, TN2023Charlie Cummings, Noodle Bowls, Gainesville, FL2023Charlie Cummings, Intimate Object XIX, Gainesville, FL2022 Companion Gallery, Material Mugs VII, Humboldt, TN2022Companion Gallery, Surface II,Humboldt, TN2022Above Board Ceramics, Above Board, online2022Charlie Cummings, Plant Pots II, Gainesville, FL2021Companion Gallery, Clay Siblings Holiday Benefit exhibition, Humboldt, TN2021Penland Gallery, “Ramen + Rice | the idiosyncratic bowl”, Penland NC2021Red Lodge Clay Center, Objects of Desire, Red Lodge, MT2021Good Habit Pottery Co, "Sheep-ish.", online2021Charlie Cummings,  Fall Clay Jam 2021, Gainesville, FL2021Charlie Cummings, Woodfireworks IV, Gainesville, FL2021Oregon Potters Association, Governor's Mansion Show, Portland, OR2019Multnomah County Justice Center, Portland, OR

PUBLICATIONS


2023 Pottery Making Illustrated, Faceted tea bowls

2023 Pottery Making Illustrated,  Faceted Margarita Chalice 

2021 Pottery Making Illustrated, 'Fluid Forms and Glazes'