Ayumi horie biography
Ayumi horie biography
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Ayumi Horie
American studio potter and digital marketer (born 1969)
Ayumi Horie (born 1969) is a Portland, Maine-based studio potter. She is recognized for her unique aesthetic as well as for her pioneering use of digital marketing and social media within contemporary ceramics.[1][2] She is curator of the popular Instagram feed Pots in Action and is a 2015 United States Artist Distinguished Fellow in Craft.[3]
Octagonal Bird Plate, 2015, Earthenware, 7.5" x 7.5"
Racoon Jar, Porcelain, 7" x 5" x 5"
Early life and education
Horie was raised in Lewiston/Auburn Maine by a Japanese-American family.[4] She worked with her hands from an early age and continues to find inspiration in Maine's people, landscape, architecture, objects and history of craft.[5][6] Before studying ceramics, Horie worked as a documentary photographer, shooting for weekly newspapers in Seattle.
She sees a connection between her photog