Hi! I’m Kathy Maves. I’m elated to be making art in my rural studio outside of Menomonie, in Northwestern Wisconsin, USA. My current work combines traditional analog studio pottery techniques and imagery with digitally developed imagery. My background includes training in the tradition of the upper Midwest’s “Mingeisota” style, production pottery work, wood-fired kiln building and firing, and experimental ceramics research. I completed an MFA in Ceramics at Southern Illinois University-Carbondale in 2015 and a BS in English Literature with a minor in Art at University of Wisconsin-River Falls in 2007. My most recent work combines my longstanding fascination with the combination of brushwork and subtractive marks in slip with additional layers of underglaze and glazes in stoneware and porcelain pottery. Since 2022, I have been lecturing at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire in ceramics, sculpture, 3-D art, and visual art. Shop for my work online at my Etsy shop, kathymavesceramics.etsy.com. Find my work in person at Bell Street Gallery on Madeline Island and in Bayfield, WI, Riverwood Art & Frame in Eau Claire, WI, and at exhibitions and events. Email me at kathymaves@gmail.com.