About Michael Kline
Michael Kline makes utilitarian ceramics with botanical painted and stamped inlaid surfaces. Working primarily in soda-glazed stoneware, his forms are influenced by the traditions of Catawba Valley and Seagrove, North Carolina, where he began developing large-scale work during his residency at the Penland School (1998–2001). Kline approaches pottery as a process shaped as much by failure as by control. Between collapse, drying cracks, and the serendipity of the kiln, each firing informs the next. His work reflects a balance of intention, survival, and a quiet sense of beauty. A 2015 visit to the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art led him to incorporate Korean sanggam techniques into his practice, inlaying white slip into stamped surfaces on dark stoneware. His work is recognized for its delicate pattern systems contrasted with robust forms and coarse materials.
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