Roberta Polfus

Bio

After earning a BFA in design and illustration, Roberta was a graphic designer in a marketing department of a newspaper division, and later worked  as a freelance illustrator.

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In 1991, she rediscovered clay and has been happily working with it ever since then. Roberta has exhibited her porcelain works in international and national shows, in addition to numerous fine art and craft shows throughout the year. She lives and worksi n Oak Park, Illinois between herding two cats, keeping up an old house and an over grown garden.

 

In 1991 She rediscovered clay and have been happily working with it ever since then. Roberta has exhibited her porcelain works in international and national shows, in addition to numerous fine art and craft shows throughout the year. She lives and work in Oak Park, Illinois between herding two cats, keeping up an old house and an overgrown garden. 

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​​Statement & Process

Most of Roberta’s carved forms reflect the movement, shapes, patterns and surfaces that she is drawn to in nature—the pet also fan apple blossom, the grooves of a spindle shell, the pattern of a hosta leaf or the texture of a weathered rock all inform and inspire her work.

 

Roberta uses a combination of wheel thrown and hand-built forms in grolleg porcelain that are altered, carved and sprigged. With a variety of air brushed matte and gloss glazes that enhance the surfaces, the pieces are fired to a high temperature in a gas kiln, cone 10 reduction, around 2350F.