Community Corner
John Reinking's 7th Annual Pottery Open House and Sale
John Reinking will host his Seventh Annual Open House and Sale of functional and sculptural ceramics. The Open house will be held Columbus Day weekend, Oct. 12 and 13 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day.
John Reinking is one of the more prominent ceramicists working in the area. His forms are organic and contemporary, while his palette is very earthy in nature. His Open House will feature a variety of his functional ceramics, approximately 800 pieces all created by the artist. Some of these pieces are fired in a traditional gas kiln, while some others are finished in a kiln that was built by the artist. The latter is fired with propane and wood and creates uniquely beautiful pieces unlike any other and result in numerous one of a kind objects. In addition, some of the pieces are created with commercially available clay and a portion of the one of a kind pieces have been created with native clay that he dug locally.
John Reinking is a Berkeley Heights native, and graduate of Governor Livingston High School class of 1996. He graduated with a BFA from Rutgers University, Mason Gross School of the Arts. He then continued his studies and received a MFA from Marywood University . He currently teaches at Raritan Valley Community College in Branchburg, County College of Morris in Randolph, and at the Center for Contemporary Art in Bedminster where he heads up the Ceramics Department.
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John was honored to have been invited to write an article for the International Woodfiring Magazine, The Log Book. His article entitled, “Experiments in Suburban Woodfiring” is a follow up to his talk at NCECA (National Council for the Education in the Ceramic Arts) in Tampa, FLA two years ago. His topic there was “Suburban Wood and Soda Firing” and was well attended in excess of 450 people. He was also included in the Lark Books publication “500 Raku,” in which they published one of his Raku Vases. He is currently represented by Peter’s Valley Gallery in Layton NJ as well as Connexions Gallery in Easton, PA. In addition, he exhibits in a variety of group exhibitions per year. His ceramic work is held in numerous private national and international collections.
For more information or photos please contact John Reinking at 908-251-1978 or visit jarstudios.com
