Joe Winter (American), Two Raku Fired Flounder Vases

Stoneware Raku pottery, matte and glossy glazes, both inscribed "Winter" on the underside.

16 1/2 in. and 11 in.

Collection of Gentleman, Raleigh, North Carolina

Joe Winter is a contemporary pottery artist living and working in Reno, Nevada. Joe started throwing 1979 and earned a Bachelors of Fine Art from Northern Arizona University in 1992, and a Master of Fine Arts From East Carolina University in 1995. Joe has exhibited at various galleries in Nevada, Oregon, and North Carolina.

The taller vase has a pin-head glaze loss to the body and a glaze scrape to the edge and at the rim of the mouth.