Artist in Residence
Artist Bio
Nancy Fairbanks
Potter
Nancy Fairbanks
3034 Schimmer Dr
Grand Island, NE 68801-7282
308/381-6604
[email protected]
A residency with Nancy Fairbanks includes hand-built pottery techniques, and stories of the history, culture, and daily life of the Pawnee Tribe in Nebraska. Her enthusiasm and knowledge of the history of the Native Americans, combined with her talents in pottery, make the workshop educational and fun. Students learn handbuilding techniques and ancient pit-firing methods. Through this primitive art form, she hopes to encourage awareness of the history of our area and interest in the art of pottery. Nancy has been a studio potter for many years and enjoys experimenting with Raku and other unusual firing techniques. She graduated from NWU.
Nancy Fairbanks
Potter
Nancy Fairbanks
3034 Schimmer Dr
Grand Island, NE 68801-7282
308/381-6604
[email protected]
A residency with Nancy Fairbanks includes hand-built pottery techniques, and stories of the history, culture, and daily life of the Pawnee Tribe in Nebraska. Her enthusiasm and knowledge of the history of the Native Americans, combined with her talents in pottery, make the workshop educational and fun. Students learn handbuilding techniques and ancient pit-firing methods. Through this primitive art form, she hopes to encourage awareness of the history of our area and interest in the art of pottery. Nancy has been a studio potter for many years and enjoys experimenting with Raku and other unusual firing techniques. She graduated from NWU.
During the week Nancy did a Raku firing with all of the high school students. This included instructing them on how to glaze the pieces they created and the raku firing process itself. Below are two links where the history of Raku can be read and a youtube video that can be watched that is an example of the process that was done. Nancy did a more in-depth study with the the 6th period ceramics class on the Pawnee Tribe in Nebraska. Students created a different traditional Native American piece each day. At the bottom of the page are images from the artist in residence and what we experienced.
Raku Firing Process
Raku Pottery Pieces