Tim Axtman

Birches on Black Box

Green Pot with Trees - Med

Craftsman Vase - Med

Tall Vase with Green Ferns

Raku Tall Birches

Raku with Leaves

Tall Fern Vase

Tall Green with Leaves

Tall Green with Pinecone

Tall Raku with Birch

Tapered Raku

SOLD - Raku Art Deco

Blackfeet

ARTIST STATEMENT/BIO

Tim graduated from the University of North Dakota in 1970 with a B.A. in Art. Tim has been involved in artistic endeavors most of his life. Tim has tried almost every medium including oils, watercolors, printmaking, furniture designing and building and most recently pottery. Much of Tim’s inspiration comes from the Arts and Crafts Movement and the Art Deco period. Tim takes great care in the gracefulness of the lines, simplicity of his pieces and their finishes. Tim Axtman is a member of the East Bank Gallery in Sioux Falls; The Coffee Shop Café in Sioux Falls, SD. Tims’ work is currently displayed at The Piper Gallery and The Horse Barn Gallery in Sioux Falls; The Coffee Shop Café and Gallery in Vermillion, SD; the Adam Whitney Gallery in Omaha, Ne.; the Louisville Art Gallery in Louisville, Ne.; and Art Resources Gallery in Edina, Mn.

Many of Tims’ art pieces are raku fired. The word raku means “Happiness Through Chance”. This is a 16th century Japanese method of firing pottery. The room temperature glazed pottery is placed in the raku kiln and brought up to 1800 degrees. It is then taken from the kiln while glowing orange and placed in a bed of combustable materials such as shredded paper or sawdust. Next a metal container placed over the pottery cutting off the oxygen. The combination of extreme temperature variations and the final outcome of the process always a surprise. With Raku you can never tell exactly how each individual piece will turn out. This is why Raku potters are so intrigued by the firing technique.