EDUCATION:

1970 B.A. Sociology-Anthropology, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA; extensive non-credit training in ceramic art in the Swarthmore College ceramics studio.

APPRENTICESHIP TRAINING:

1970 summer, assistant to Paul Soldner, ceramic artist and Professor of Ceramics at Scripps College, Claremont, CA; at his home-studio in Aspen, Colorado.

1970-71, assistant to Kit Yin Tieng, ceramic artist and Instructor of Ceramics at Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA; in the college ceramics studio.

1971-72, assistant to Colin Pearson, ceramic artist and Instructor of Ceramics at Harrow College of Art and the Camberwell School of Art, London, England; at his studio in Aylesford, Kent, England.

1972-73, assistant to Byron Temple, ceramic artist and Instructor of Ceramics at Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY; at his studio in Lambertville, New Jersey.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE:

1971, Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, PA; taught a spring term course in handcraft pottery.

1973, Greenwich House Pottery School, New York, NY; taught a summer course in handcraft pottery.

1974-78, 1992-94, Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts, North Adams, MA; Adjunct Professor of Ceramics, teaching 3-credit courses in ceramic art.

1989-92, 1997-2009, Williams College, Williamstown, MA; Visiting Instructor, teaching several January Winter Study intensive 3-credit courses in ceramic art.

1991-98, Southern Vermont College, Bennington, VT; Adjunct Professor of Art, teaching 3-credit ceramic art courses each semester.

1991 to the present, Oak Bluffs Cottage Pottery; teaching a continuing series of eight-week private adult classes in ceramic art in our studio in Pownal, VT.

PUBLICATIONS:

April 1974, Ceramics Monthly magazine, published “Apprenticing,” an article describing my experiences learning from master potters from 1970 to 1973.

April 1980, Ceramics Monthly magazine, published “Incising Porcelain,” an article describing techniques used for carving and drawing on porcelain clay by Ray Bub and Susan Nykiel.

January 1981, Ceramics Monthly magazine, published “Modify a Cement Mixer for Processing Clay.” April 1986, Ceramics Monthly magazine, published “Cane Handles,” an article describing pottery designed by Ray Bub and Susan Nykiel combining ceramic forms with rattan cane handles made in our studio.

November 1995, Ceramics Monthly magazine, published “Teaching in the Studio,” an article describing my work since 1989 teaching in our studio for Williams College, Southern Vermont College, and private class students.

March 2002, Ceramics Monthly magazine, published “The Evolution of an Idea: Ray Bub’s Reassembled Ring Teapots,” an article written by Paul Park detailing the progression of my ideas leading to the creation of my reassembled hollow ring teapots. A photo image of my “Pink Pentagonal Cross-Section Teapot” was published on the cover of this March 2002 Ceramics Monthly issue.

March 2002, first posted my web site on the internet, www.raybub.com.

November 2004, my reassembled hollow ring teapots are extensively featured in the “Potters In Profile” section of British author Steve Woodhead’s new book, Teapots, published by A.& C. Black Ltd. And The University of Pennsylvania Press.

RECENT EXHIBITIONS:

March 15-21, 1999, my “Pink Pentagonal Cross-Section Teapot” was chosen for the “Ceramics Monthly International Competition,” sponsored by Ceramics Monthly magazine, of 112 fired clay artworks selected from 1549 entries submitted by clay artists from 45 countries around the world. Jurors were Michio Sugiyama, Shigaraki, Japan; Jimmy Clark, Philadelphia, PA; and Anita Besson, London, England. This exhibition was held at the Columbus Convention Center, Columbus, Ohio, during the 1999 annual conference of the National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts (NCECA).

November 27, 2000 to February 11, 2001, my “Celery Green Reassembled Hollow Ring Functional Teapot” was chosen for the “Sixth Taiwan Golden Ceramics Awards,” an exhibition of 144 fired clay artworks selected from approximately 1200 entries submitted by 759 clay artists from 53 countries around the world. This exhibition was on display at the Taipei County Yingge Ceramics Museum in Taipei, Taiwan, from November 27, 2000 to February 11, 2001. International jurors were Janet Mansfield, Sydney, Australia; Tony Franks, Edinburgh, Scotland; and Harris Deller, Carbondale, Illinois, USA. Jurors from Taiwan were Yang Winnie, Liou Chen-Chou, and Bob Chen. From the 144 pieces selected, 18 fired clay artworks were recognized by the jurors with awards. Taiwanese juror Bob Chen honored “Celery Green Reassembled Hollow Ring Functional Teapot” with his “Special Judge’s Prize.” The Taipei County Yingge Ceramics Museum purchased this teapot from the exhibition to add to their prestigious collection of ceramic art.

August 10 to October 28, 2001, my “Lemon Yellow Triangular Cross-Section Reassembled Hollow Ring Teapot” was chosen for the “First World Ceramic Biennale 2001 Korea International Competition,” an exhibition of 305 fired clay artworks selected from 4206 entries submitted by 2019 ceramic artists from 69 countries around the world. The international jurors for this competition were Kimpei Nakamura, Tokyo, Japan; Tony Franks, Edinburgh, Scotland; and Ron Kuchta, New York, New York, USA. Jurors from Korea were Chung, Yang-Mo, and Lee, Kyung-Sun. The “First World Ceramic Biennale 2001 Korea International Competition” was on display at the Icheon Ceramic Center, August 10 to October 28, 2001. This was one of 15 exhibitions held at 3 sites: Icheon, Yoju, and Kwangju, all in Kyonggi Province, and was the premier attraction of the WORLD CERAMIC EXPOSITION 2001 KOREA, a multi-event celebration of historical and contemporary ceramic art from around the world.

June 14 to August 11, 2002, four of my ceramic artworks were selected for “Birds of Clay,” a juried national exhibition held at the Vermont State Crafts Center at Frog Hollow, Middlebury, Vermont, of ceramic work inspired by bird imagery. Exhibited were: “Pacific Puffins Spring Plumage Reassembled Hollow Ring Teapot,” “Pacific Puffins Spring Plumage Closed-form Slab-built Surprise Box,” “King Penguins Upright Ring Teapot,” and “King Penguins Handthrown Spherical Closed-form Surprise Box.”

January 23 to June 13, 2004, my “Purple Foamy Whitecaps Reassembled Hollow Ring Teapot” was chosen for the First Taiwan Ceramics Biennale, an exhibition of 125 fired clay artworks selected from entries submitted by 692 ceramic artists from 47 countries around the world. The international jurors for this competition were Peter Lane, Alresford, England; Monika Gass, Berlin, Germany; Enomoto Toru, Gifu, Japan; and Elaine Olafson Henry, Emporia, Kansas, USA. Jurors from Taiwan were Winnie Yang; Huan-Tang Chiu; and Chen-Chou Liou. The First Taiwan Ceramics Biennale was on exhibit from January 23 to June 13, 2004 at the Taipei County Yingge Ceramics Museum, Taipei, Taiwan.

October 29 to December 4, 2005, “Reassembled Ring Teapots,” a solo exhibition of 20 teapots, was on display in Yester House Gallery VI of The Southern Vermont Arts Center, Manchester, Vermont.

September 8 to November 17, 2007, “Complementary Visions: Greg Winterhalter and Ray Bub,” a two-person exhibition with fellow artist Greg Winterhalter was shown at the Bennington Museum, Bennington, Vermont, and featured 15 of my reassembled ring teapots and two of my animal-figure surprise boxes, together with paintings and ceramic lanterns by Winterhalter.

January 28, 2007 to January 7, 2010, “Teapots, Object to Subject,” a 3-year traveling exhibition of 45 teapots originally exhibited in the 2004 St. Louis, Missouri Craft Alliance Gallery and curated by Leslie Ferrin, includes my Mint Green Sharp Edges Reassembled Ring Teapot and my King Penguins Upright Ring Teapot. This exhibition will travel to various venues in New York, Texas, Florida, Utah, Ohio, and California.

October 26, 2007 to January 13, 2008, my Lemon Yellow Triangular Cross-Section Reassembled Ring Teapot was included in “The Diane and Sandy Besser Collection at the de Young Museum,” San Francisco, California. The Besser collection on display in this exhibition was donated to the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, so this teapot is now part of the Museums’ permanent collection.

BUSINESS:

1973 to the present, have maintained a successful handcraft pottery and ceramic art business; in partnership with Susan Nykiel at Oak Bluffs Cottage Pottery since 1978.