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About the artist: Michael Lambert has been making pottery in California since 1967. His stylized coffee pots, sugar bowls, and creamers, and vases appear capable of strutting across the table on their own. There is "a kind of elegance," says Michael, "but my work also has a cartoon, humorous quality that I enjoy." "I try to design functional pieces which are both very personal and also quite structured in a way that neither wheel thrown potters, nor ceramic factories can achieve. Each piece is carefully assembled from individually cast parts. I love the subtle richness of thick glazes thinning on the edges of the bright porcelain clay." Michael left graduate school at UC Berkeley to pursue a career in ceramics, studying at the College of Arts and Crafts in Oakland and the Richmond Art Center. He opened his own studio in 1976 in Santa Cruz, Calif. His work has been featured in American Craft, and has even been on the cover of Ceramics Monthly. Lamberts works are almost impossible to get now since he closed down his Studio in CA recently.
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