Aby Henry
Aby has been a creator from a young age thanks to her amazing grandparents. She is a graduate of the masters program at the Oregon College of Art and Craft (OCAC) with a Masters in Craft and an emphasis in ceramics. She also attended the University of Nevada, Reno, and received her BA in ceramics with a minor in art history. Aby moved to Portland to start her own art/farming business with her sister in 2008. She continued her ceramic work at Shop People in SE Portland starting in 2012. She was the head of the ceramics department from 2014-2016 until she left to pursue her masters.
Aby's unique aesthetic came about over 17 years of working with clay and endless experimentation. Having been fortunate to travel the world doing artist residencies it came to make less and less sense to use beautiful local clay all over the world and then cover it with glaze.
That is where Aby's unique aesthetic was born. She started to expose more and more of the clay body to accentuate the medium that she was working with as a way of paying homage to this special material. Her design work is a way of acknowledging and respecting this special medium.
Address: 11535 SE Reedway St Portland OR 97266
Ceramics/Pottery
Community: Outer SE Portland
Studio Number: 69
Email: abymhenry@gmail.com
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