The COVID-19 pandemic caused WOODFIRE NC to be postponed twice. It was great to be able to actually get together and make it happen!

This blog documents the EnVision show that was set up at the conference. It had work from all of the presenters and artists invited to be part of WOODFIRE NC. It was fabulous being able to walk through the main hall and see these pieces throughout the conference. I have tried to document each piece and artist that were in the show but if I mislabelled any then please let me know!

For the first WOODFIRE NC conference back in 2017 I documented the show as well. You can check that out via the link below if you like:

FIRST WOODFIRE NC SHOW 2017

But now it is 2022! Below are images of almost all of the pieces in the EnVision show. The images below are all cropped square but clicking on any one of them will enlarge them. Then you can flick through the un-cropped images at leisure!

David Stuempfle, Covered Jar, $2200

Takuro Shibata, Flame, $3800

Mark Hewitt, Platter, $450

Mark Hewitt, Large Vase, $6500

Eric Knoche, Small Column, $3000

Donna Craven, Large Lidden Jar, $1000

Chad Brown, Lidded Jar, $2400

Donna Craven, Lidden jar, $225

Linda Christianson

Mark Skudlarek, Platter, $400

Jan McKeachie Johnston, Woodfired Basket Form, $600

Jan McKeachie Johnston, Woodfired Fan Tray, $450

Luke Sheets

John Cummings, Whiskey Jug, NFS

Ben Owens, Altered Bottle, $1600

Shawn O'Connor, Pitcher, $180

Akira Satake

Gillian Doty, Double Stock Vase, $400

Gillian Doty, Double Stack Vase, $400

Will Dickert, Vase, $195

Will Dickert, Tiered Bowl, $400

Mark Hewitt, Wall Vase, $175

Jari Vesterinen, Under The Apple Tree, $1400

Joey Sheehan, Orb, $450

Travis Owens, Pitcher With Ash Glaze, $375

Remo Piracci, Two Handle Water Jug, $250

Fred Johnston, Woodfired Local Clay, NFS

Eric Knoche, Blue/Green Vase, $175

Michael Mahan, Teapot, $125

Michael Mahan, Leafy Pitcher, $200

Eric Knoche, Experimental Landscape, $1100

Eric Knoche, Chain, $4000

Eric Knoche, Chain (close up)

Henry Crissman, Ewers, $300 each

Levi Mahan, Large Shino Bowl, $400

Anne Partna, Anthropomorphic Form 1, $380

Denny Gerwin, Figure Vessel 24, $1800

Kate Waltman, Carved Vessel, $1000

Kate Waltman, Pinnate and Lotus, $2800

Warren Mackenzie, Tall Facet Jar: $3800, Facet Jar: $1400, Warren Mackenzie, Box: $1800

Warren Mackenzie, Serving Platter, $1250

Warren Mackenzie, Medium Platter, $1200

Warren Mackenzie, Yunomi, $275, $250, $250

Warren Mackenzie, Pedestal Bowl, $650

Warren Mackenzie, Pedestal Bowl, $600

Warren Mackenzie, Pourer, $450

Warren Mackenzie, Smaller Serving Bowl, $600

Warren Mackenzie, Teabowl, $450

Warren Mackenzie, Faceted Bowl, $800

Warren Mackenzie, Box, $1100

Clive Sithole, Nomkhubulwane Rain Goddess, Purchase Negotiable

Jabulile Nala

Thembile Nala, Uphiso, $4500

Jabulile Nala, Zulu Pot, Purchase Negotiable

Jabulile Nala, Uphiso 2, $5500

Jabulile Nala, Uphiso 1, $6000

Umtshumeyana Isinchnu Pot, $4500

Jabulile Nala! Rockstar Zulu Potter!

Chris Gustin, Cloud Jar #2106, $9500

Catherine White, Swoop Platter, $400

Catherine White, Base and Creek Swale, $1000

Catherine White, Half Moon, $800

Bruce Denhert, Bullet, $2000

John Neely, Cups, $60 each

John Neely, Bottles, $120 each

Randy Johnston, Spoon Form, $3000

Hideo Mabuchi, Untitled, $165

Loren Scherbak

Hideo Mabuchi, Untitled, $135

Lindsey Oesteritter, Looking Jar, $140

Joy Brown, Stander Looking To Side, $7500

Priscilla Mouritzen with her bowls

Priscilla Mouritzen, Bowls, $145 each

Priscilla Mouritzen, Porcelain Forms, $350 each

Priscilla Mouritzen, Black and White Forms, $200 each

Priscilla Mouritzen, Red Pit Fired, $250 each

Joseph Sand, Untitled, $6000 (left), $3200 (right)

Joseph Sand, Untitled, $6000

Ryan Osborne

Ryan Osborne, Dodo, $800

William Baker

William Baker, Offering Bowl, $140

William Baker, Rectangle Tray, $200

Cynthia Bringle, Covered Jar with Turtle, $820

Cynthia Bringle, Tall Vessel, $4200

Josh Copus, Medium Vessel, $450. Large Vessel, $1000.

Josh Copus, Large Vessel, $1000

Josh Copus, Medium Vessel, $450

Tony Clennell, NFS

Hitomi Shibata, Treat Nature by Means of the Sphere, the Cone and the Cylinder, NFS

Hitomi Shibata

Takuro Shibata, Flame, $2800

Takuro Shibata, Triangle Jar, $1500

Wide view of the gallery

There were some other pieces on display at the conference. This was Anne Partna’s Invisible kiln, full of her work and other local artists such as Hannah Cupp and Stillman Browning-Howe.

Some of the wild clays that Takuro Shibata uses in his Starworks clay blends…

Catherine White’s clay paintings were particularly exciting to me. These were done with different colored unfired clays onto bisque tiles. Catherine calls them ‘Wild Pigment Paintings.’ I hope they stay on permanent display at Starworks.