Robin Dupont

Admired for his surfaces, studio potter Robin DuPont makes fine art ceramic pieces as well as a wide variety of handmade functional pottery. He specializes in wood firing techniques that utilize wood as the sole source of fuel to fire his kiln to extremely hot temperatures, often without glaze, to leave a rich, earthy one-of-a-kind surface on each piece.

His investigations into development of color in relation to rates of cooling have allowed him to produce seductively sensuous soda fired porcelain objects.

Robin has studied ceramics extensively throughout his career, including four institutions in three countries. He is a recent MFA graduate student at Utah State University and received his BFA from the Alberta College of Art and Design in Calgary, AB. He has also been involved with the residency program at Medalta, the national historic site relating to the ceramic history of Medicine Hat, Alberta. DuPont has experience building and firing many wood kilns, which produce the subtle effects of an extreme atmosphere that only wood firing affords.

The artist has recently begun teaching at the Alberta College of Art & Design in Calgary.