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John Bradford

John Bradford began his life in pottery while attending a community college in Phoenix Arizona. He was trying to complete pre-requisets for a science degree and took a pottery class and it was all over after that. John transfered to Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff AZ and compleated a bacholors in fine art with an ephasis in ceramic. NAU happened to have a great ceramic facuty and facility, focusing heavily on two wood-fired kilns. Both Kilns were built by a Japanese potter named Yukio Yammamoto, from the Tozan Mountian area in Japan. One Kiln was a large niborigama, the other a large anagama. Studing under the tutalige, John was lucky to be one of Don Bendal's students, he retired from a long teaching career shortly after John's graduation, hopefully not because of John.

After NAU John went back to Conneticut, where he was born and raised to participate in a two year post-bacholor program at the Hartford Art School, part of University of Hartford. John thrived in this program using their small niborigama designed by Rock Creek Pottery and Matt Towers, John’s primary instructor. During these two years John Built his first major kiln, a twelve foot anagama in Washington CT. After the two year program John served a one year residency at the Canton Clay Works, just outside of Hartford. After his residency John built a wood-fired salt kiln for Alison Palmer in Kent CT. John then moved to Taos NM and built a two chambered hybrid wood kiln for Dragonfly Journey art retreat. This kiln was freatured in the December 2005 issue of Ceramic Monthly. Shortly after John opened J.Bradford pottery in Arroyo Seco NM. With help from Chris Reed, Hillary Kane and a budding wood-fire community, John built a large anagama about thirty miles west of Taos.

Currently John is helping Ojo Caliente Mineral Spring start an art center, with a focus on ceramic, possibly with their own small anagama.

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