Paul Eshelman
Artist Profile
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 Paul Eshelman's aesthetic perspective has been influenced by Japanese and Chinese crafts, the simple utilitarian objects of the American Shakers, and contemporary architecture. He also derives inspiration from the everyday forms of his Iowan upbringing and begins the artistic process with drawings of his Midwest surroundings -- rural sheds, storage bins, roof angles, plumbing pieces, and boats. He employs these drawings and paper models to help him think through a piece and then carves the desired form in plaster. He uses these smoothly polished molds to create stylish clay vessels and platters.
Paul's elegant, functional pieces, designed for daily use, are composed of red stoneware which has been fired to vitrificaion, yielding a tough, nonporous surface. His glazes are lead free and his wares may be safely used in the microwave, dishwasher and the conventional oven if the oven is not preheated.
He received his B.A. in art from the University of Puget Sound in Tacoma, Washington, and his M.F.A in ceramics from the Rhode Island School of Design in Providence, Rhode Island.
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