Purple Swirl (Teapot)
Clay, glaze
12" x 14" x 6"

Bryan Hiveley received a Master of Fine Arts from the University of South Carolina and a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Minnesota. A reputable craft artist, he currently teaches art at Miami International University of Art and Design. He has been an artist-in-residence at Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts and was an Assistant at Penland School of Crafts and at Haystack Mountain School of Arts and Crafts. His work has been in several solo and group shows around the country.

“The natural world has always been the driving force in my creation of art. Nature is an endless source of inspiration and fascination. Its beauty and intelligence are reflected in the seapod or the complexity of an entire ecosystem. I use texture and color to suggest interior and exterior spaces, the protective and the vulnerable. My goal is not to directly mimic specific objects in nature, but rather to suggest universal biomorphic forms with no discernable identity. Individual forms may take on the context of a crawling insect, climbing plant form, or enlarged paramecium. I reexamine the natural world around me, reconsidering the importance of the most obvious natural wonders as well as what would seem to be the most insignificant.”