401 main street
post office box 401
yorktown, virginia 23690
Phone:
757.727.9139
Fax:
757.727.9709
Email:
mepottery@cox.net
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EDUCATION
1982 Bachelor of Arts in Fine Arts, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VAEMPLOYMENT
| 1993 - present | Owner, Michelle Erickson Pottery Inc. |
| 1995 - present | Co-Owner, PERIOD DESIGNS, Yorktown, VA |
| 1987 - 1993 | Owner, Artifacts Pottery |
| 1987 - 1990 | Master Potter, Jamestown National Park |
| 1985 - 1987 | Master Potter, Busch Gardens |
| 1983 - 1985 | Potter, Decorator (brushwork), Holdcroft Stoneware |
| 1982 - 1983 | Potter, Busch Gardens |
SOLO & GROUP EXHIBITIONS
Click here for a list of current and past exhibitionsPROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
| 2010 | Lecture Demonstration The Chipstone Foundation, Milwaukee Wisconsin |
| 2009 | Lecture Demonstration The Chipstone Foundation, Milwaukee Wisconsin |
| 2008 | Lecture Demonstration, Making a Pickle Stand, The Art of Bonnin and Morris. Philadelphia Museum of Art |
| 2007 | Lecture Demonstration, Picking up the Pieces, Decorative Arts Trust, Dewitt Wallace Museum of Decorative Arts, Williamsburg, VA |
| 2007 | Lecture Demonstration, Contemporary Casting, The Potters Council, University of Richmond, Richmond, VA |
| 2006 | Lecture Demonstration, Slipware and agateware, The Potteries Museum Stoke on Trent, UK |
| 2004 | Lecture Demonstration, Slipware Traditions, Milwaukee Art Museum |
| 2003 | Lecture Demonstration, Lacoste Gallery, After Pallisy. Concord MA |
| 2003 | Lecture and Demonstration, Eastfield Village Ceramic Seminar, East Nassau, NY |
| 2003 | Lecture and Demonstration, St. Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, Missouri |
| 2002 | Lecture and Demonstration, Historic Deerfield Inc. Symposium: “Delftware: A Delicate Deception” |
| 2002 | Lecture and Demonstration, Ceramics in America Conference, Winterthur Museum, DE |
| 2001 | “Two Thousands Years of Making British Ceramics" Lecture and demonstration at the Milwaukee Art Museum |
| 2000 | Lecture and Demonstration, Eastfield Village Ceramic Seminar, East Nassau, New York |
| 1999 | Lecture and Demonstration, Department of Art History and Fine Art. University of Wisconsin, Madison |
| 2000 | Lecturer, Sotheby’s Institute the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation |
| 1999 | Period Ceramic Techniques Lecture & Demonstration, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation's Antiques Forum (1994, 1996, 1999) |
| 1999 | Lecture and Demonstration, Eastfield Village Ceramic Seminar, East Nassau, New York |
| 1998 | Lecture and Demonstration, Joint Conference of Society for Historical Archaeology and Society for Post-Medieval Archaeology, Yorktown, VA |
| 1998 | Lecture and Demonstration - Wedgwood Society of New York |
| 1998 | Lecture and Demonstration, Eastfield Village Ceramic Seminar, East Nassau, New York |
| 1997 | Lecture and Demonstration - British Museum; Museum of Mankind, London |
| 1997 | Lecturer, Sotheby’s Institute at Winterthur Museum, Delaware |
| 1997 | Lecture and Demonstration - Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts, Winston-Salem, North Carolina |
| 1997 | Lecture and Demonstration, Eastfield Village Ceramic Seminar, East Nassau, New York |
| 1996 | Period Ceramic Techniques Lecture & Demonstration, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation's Antiques Forum, Williamsburg, VA |
| 1995 - 1997 | Ceramic Consultant on archaeological resurvey of Jamestown, Colonial National Park, Williamsburg, VA |
| 1994 | Period Ceramic Techniques Lecture & Demonstration, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation's Antiques Forum, Williamsburg, VA |
| 1992 | Period Ceramic Techniques Lecture & Demonstration, Decorative Arts Class, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA |
| 1986 | Demonstration of Polychrome Brushwork for Wedgwood Society at DeWitt Wallace Decorative Arts Museum, Colonial Williamsburg, Williamsburg, VA |
PUBLISHED WORK
Click here for Recently Published WorkArchitectural Digest
Country Living
Early American Life
Gourmet Magazine
Town and Country Magazine
The Magazine ANTIQUES
Colonial Homes
The Colonial Williamsburg Journal
The William and Mary Alumni Magazine
Ceramics: Art and Perception
American Craft Magazine
Ceramic Review
kerameiki techni
Maine Antique Digest
Studio Potter
New York Times
Chicago Tribune Magazine
Virginia Living Magazine
Art & Antiques Magazine
Korean Ceramics Monthly
Pottery Making Illustrated
PUBLICATIONS
| 2009 | Making a Fiance Ring Bottle, Ceramics in America 2009, The Chipstone Foundation |
| 2009 | Making a Moravian Squirrel Bottle, Ceramics in America 2009, The Chipstone Foundation |
| 2008 | Fit for a Queen, Ivor Noel Hume, Ceramics in America 2008; The Chipstone Foundation |
| 2008 | Confrontational Ceramics, Judith Schwartz |
| 2007 | Making a Bonnin and Morris Pickle Stand. Ceramics in America 2007 |
| 2007 | Art in Review, New York Times |
| 2006 | The Yixing Effect, Marvin Sweet |
| 2004 | 500 Figures in Clay, Lark Books |
| 2003 | “Swirls and Whirls: English and American Agateware Technology”Ceramics in America 2003, The Chipstone Foundation |
| 2001 | “Dots Dashes and Squiggles: Early English Slipware Technology” Ceramics in America 2001, The Chipstone Foundation |
| 1999 | “The Green Spring Planter” Early American Life Magazine (April) |
VIDEOS
| 2009 | Making a Delft Posset Pot, The Chipstone Galleries, Milwaukee Art Museum.(Courtesy of Historic Deerfield Inc.) |
| 2009 | Agateware Technology DVD, The Chipstone Galleries, Milwaukee Art Museum (excerpt from Ceramics in America 2003) |
| 2002 | “Making a Delft Posset Pot.” Produced for Historic Deerfield Inc.’s exhibit: “Delftware: A Delicate Deception” |
| 2001 | Milwaukee Art Museum, Ceramic Installation and Video Display of 18th-century ceramic technology |
| 2000 | “Early Colonial American Pottery Techniques” Produced for Colonial Williamsburg’s Annual Antiques Forum |
| 1996 | “Making a Puzzle Jug” Produced for Colonial Williamsburg’s exhibit: “Revolution in Taste” |
PROFILES
| 2009 | The Present Learns From the Past, The Magazine Antiques September 2009. Eleanor H. Gustafson |
| 2009 | “Slipware Marbleizing” Pottery Making Illustrated, Jan/Feb 2009. Michelle Erickson and Robert Hunter |
| 2008 | Michelle Erickson, Korean Ceramics Monthly |
| 2008 | “Fit for a Queen” Ceramics in America 2008, Ivor Noel Hume |
| 2008 | “Conflict Ceramics” Ceramic Review July/Aug issue UK, Robert Hunter |
| 2008 | "The Ceramic Works of Michelle Erickson” 9th Annual New York Ceramics Fair Catalogue, Robert Hunter |
| 2008 | “Glazes of Gory” Art & Antiques Collectors Sourcebook Winter 2008, Marilyn Fish |
| 2007 | “Art of Recreation” Virginia Living Magazine,October 2007, Anne Wright |
| 2004 | “Specializing in the Diverse” Kerameiki Techni ( July) By Rob Hunter |
| 2004 | “Cataclysmic Ceramics”, Studio Potter (January) By Robert Hunter |
| 2003 | “Making History”, Ceramic Review (March/April) by Robert Hunter |
| 2002 | “Michelle Erickson”, American Craft (August/September) by Glenn Adamson |
| 2001 | “The Stylized Works of Michelle Erickson” Ceramics: Art and Perception. Issue No. 46 by Robert Hunter |
| 1999 | “Period Designs,” William and Mary Alumni Magazine (Fall) |
| 1998 | “Masterworks: Period Designs in Yorktown,” Colonial Homes (May) |
| 1996-1997 | “The Freshest Advices” Colonial Williamsburg Journal (Winter) |
| 1995 | “At Period Designs,” Early American Life (April) |
MUSEUM ACQUISITIONS
The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
The Chipstone Foundation
The Long Beach Museum of Art
Milwaukee Art Museum
Museum of Arts & Design
Peabody Essex Museum
The New York Historical Society
Mint Museum of Craft and Design
Potteries Museums Stoke-on-Trent
The Sonny and Gloria Kamm Collection
Yale University Museum
Victoria & Albert Museum
The Carnegie Museum of Art
OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
| 2009 | Designed and Created Installation pieces for The Chipstone Galleries newly installed permanent collection, Milwaukee Art Museum. |
| 2008 | Ceramic technology images on recreating a Bonnin and Morris Pickle Stand Philadelphia Museum of Art |
| 2007 | Ceramic Technology images on English slipware to be on permanent display in the newly reinstalled collection of slipwares, Victoria and Albert Museum, UK |
| 2007 | Commissioned by Jamestown 2007 to create an original artwork in clay to be presented as the official gift to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth ll during her historic visit to Jamestown May 4th 2007 |
| 2005-2007 | Designed and produced ceramics for HBO series John Adams |
| 2004 | Designed and produced 17th century ceramics for The New World New Line Cinema |
| 2002 | Designed and produced futuristic ceramics for The Time Machine, Dream Works Productions |
| 2000 | Consulted, designed, and produced 18th-century ceramic reproductions for The Patriot, Tri-Star Columbia |
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
National Council on Education for the Ceramics Arts
American Craft Council
American Ceramic Circle