Short Purple Vase - Rachel Akin

This vase was wheel-thrown using porcelain. It was painted with vertical stripes of pale purple and off-white glaze. Its interior was painted with a dark purple glaze. The vase was fired in a cone 10 oxidation process and measures 8" x 4" x 4".

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Rachel Akin received her BFA from the Kansas City Art Institute in 1999 and her MFA from Ohio University in 2006. She was a resident artist at Red Star Studios from 2006-2007. She currently teaches classes at Forest Park Community College and Craft Alliance in St. Louis, MO. She is also in the process of completing a one year ceramics residency at Craft Alliance in Grand Center. Recently, she exhibited at the Laumeier Art Fair in St. Louis where she received an Outstanding Local Artist Award.