 About Hidden Hollow Ceramics
Donna Baker-Cayce has been creating functional, one-of-a-kind ceramic art for over thirty years. She received her BFA degree Eastern Michigan University, majoring in ceramics. She lived in Ann Arbor, Michigan for 25 years and enjoyed several years
as member of Ann Arbor Potter's guild before moving to Beech Grove, Tenessee in
1992.
Though her Japanese Lanterns, birdbaths, tiles, and cookware may repeat basic forms, the variations in glazes and nuances in the clay give each work a distinctly unique quality.
The ceramic pieces are both wheel thrown and hand-built stoneware fired to cone 6-7 or 2250° in an electric (oxidation) kiln. The clay is a speckled manganese composition
that fires to a warm beige color. Special glaze recipes mixed in her studio are applied by dipping, pouring and spraying. Most of the stamps and tile patterns are made by carving an original from leather hard clay. The stamps are bisque fired (low temperature) and are hard, but porous, and won’t stick to raw clay when pressed. Tiles are cast in plaster to make a press mould that can be used over many times.
| "The ceramic process requires an exciting
involvement with the elemental as well as the spiritual. It provides me with a
vehicle for expression that is challenging, productive, and endlessly varied."
-- Donna |
Education:
Michigan State University - Special Education
Sept. 1967 – Dec. 1969
University of Michigan- Dept.
of Architecture, Design and Fine Arts
Summer 1969, Winter 1970, Fall 1971, Winter 1979
Eastern Michigan University - BFA, Ceramics major
Sept. 1983 – Dec. 1988
Artists Associations:
Member, Ann Arbor Potter's Guild 1989 - 1993
Member, Tennessee Association of Craft Artists 1993 – 1995
Member, Tullahoma Fine Arts Center 1993-1995
Career Highlights:
August 1987 – University of Michigan Hospitals Arts program – Exhibitor
February 1992 – Lantern photo in Metropolitan Home
December 1992 – Lantern featured in Residential Lighting
October 1993 – First Place Ceramics – Webb School Art and Craft Fair
May –July 1994 – Best of Tennessee Crafts Biennial Exhibition
Sept. 1997- August 1999 – Smiling Owl Gallery
July 2003 – Lantern featured in newspaper promotion for University of Michigan
Matthaei Botanical Gardens Auction
September 2007 - Artwork on exhibit at Art and Music festival in Bell Buckle,
Tennessee
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