SIERRA ESTES |
What clay body do you use?
Primary forming method?
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Favorite surface treatment? "Textured raw clay fired in an atmospheric firing, wood or soda kiln" |
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Describe your studio environment.
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How/Where do you market & sell your artwork? "I market my work on my instagram page and sell through my website. My pieces at a local restaurant stir up new wholesale clients for me often. I also try to attend as many markets in Houston and Austin as I can, from farmers markets to large scale craft fairs" | ![]() |
What sparks your creativity? What drives you to work with clay?
"The clay itself! I love clay, earth, dirt. As our beginning and end. The material itself keeps me coming back, wanting to be with it and hopefully create something worthy of it" "I did not come to it from a different career, but I did not start college majoring in ceramics. I changed over to ceramics from an Intercultural Studies major and haven’t looked back since." |
How have you have taken your experience as a well-established maker in the field and passed that knowledge along to other artists?
"I would not consider myself well-established, but I have offered my experiences and the lessons I have learned to other makers" |
What’s the best advice you’ve been given by a fellow maker, mentor, or teacher?
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Website URL and other social media platforms: Website: estesceramics.com Instagram: @sierra.estes Bio: Sierra Estes grew up overseas to American parents and was always interested in art classes when they were available. She returned to her birthplace of Tennessee to attend Union University in Jackson where she discovered her love of clay. She received her B.A. in Ceramics in 2015 and moved to Houston in 2016 with her husband to start her ceramics business. |