Nate Willever – New Work

The Clay Studio presents a new exhibition featuring the work of Resident Artist Nate Willever. The collection is a culmination of Willever’s work studying native materials during his residency at The Clay Studio. Over the last five years, he has been testing, refining, and blending local materials into clays and glazes used in his functional pottery. These materials included three unrefined local clays, one locally sourced felspathic rock, and wood ash from his fireplace. Willever’s goal is to highlight these materials and create a finished pot that could not be made anywhere else. Willever’s exhibition will be on display in the Jill Bonovitz Gallery from October 13 to December 31, 2022.

Willever was raised in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, and is currently based in Philadelphia. He earned a BFA in ceramics from Maine College of Art and has taught numerous classes and workshops on functional pottery at institutions such as The Clay Studio, Ox-Bow School of Art in Saugatuck, Michigan, and Haystack Mountain School of Crafts in Deer Isle, Maine. Willever is currently a long-term Resident and Zeldin Fellow at The Clay Studio.