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Kim Murton


Vancouver, WA USA
About

Kim Murton has been making sculpture and functional ceramics in her home in Vancouver, WA for over two decades, working mostly with low-fire terra cotta clay and colored slips. . Kim studied ceramics at The School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and a study of film and animation at The Cooper Union School of Art in NYC. After graduating she worked in the animation industry on staff for RO Blechman , and later for JJ Sedelmaier, Jumbo Pictures and Tony Eastman. A move west led to studio work and teaching at The Firehouse Pottery Lab in Boulder, Colorado and eventually a move further west and study at Oregon College of Art and Craft in Portland, Oregon. Kim also works as a freelance illustrator, fabric designer, and maker of gif animations. She posts a drawing on her blog: Cartoon Worry of the Day every day. Her work can be seen in galleries in and around Portland, OR, Seattle, Bainbridge Island, WA and Astoria, OR and on Etsy.com

Books by Kim Murton