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Bio
Greg
Schatz, a native of
Defiance
,
Ohio
,
was first introduced to the art of ceramics at
Defiance
College
.
After two years of study at D.C., Greg transferred to
Bowling Green
State
University,
where he earned a B.F.A. in ceramics.
Following
graduation, Greg and wife Katie were married.
Living in the
Defiance
area for three years, Greg worked for a construction company while Katie
acquired a degree in education. In
the spring of 1999, Greg and Katie were drawn to
Brown
County
,
Indiana
by its scenic rural setting and art colony heritage. They
purchased a home and began setting up a studio.
Greg worked as a foreman for a lawn maintenance company while
finishing the studio and building a kiln, as Katie finished her student
teaching. In 2000, both Greg and Katie’s careers began as Katie took a
sophomore English/journalism teaching position at a local high school,
and Greg opened Schatz Studio & Gallery.
As their careers flourish, so does their family.
Son, Greyson was born in 2003 and daughter Romy in 2005.
Working
full-time as a studio potter, Greg utilizes the potter’s wheel for the
majority of his production, while choosing to hand-build some of his
plates and platters. After
the pots dry, they are bisque fired in an electric kiln.
Following the bisque, the pots are decorated with feldspathic
glazes. They are then fired
to cone 9-10 in a reduction atmosphere.
Greg’s
pots have been included in national exhibitions such as Strictly
Functional Pottery National and Functional Ceramics Exhibition, as well
as in private and corporate collections including Phyllis Blair Clark,
Andrew Glasgow, and the
Ohio
Craft
Museum
.
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