Steven Branfman grew up in New York City. and credits a rich cultural childhood as being the influence that led him to an art career. Steven has been an independent studio potter since 1975 and enjoys an international reputation as a potter, writer, teacher, and businessman.  In 1977 he founded as his studio, The Potters Shop & School which has become a nationally known studio, school, gallery, bookstore, and artists workspace. Steven has been on the faculty of Thayer Academy in Braintree MA since 1978. He is a member of the International Academy of Ceramics, considered the most prestigious clay organization in the world. His Raku ware has appeared in more than 150 group and one-person exhibitions in galleries and museums throughout the U.S. and abroad and is in the permanent collections of the American Museum Of Ceramic Art; Museum of Art, Rhode Island School Of Design; Alfred Ceramic Art Musem; Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum; Everson Museum, Crocker Art Museum, among others. He is the author of Mastering Raku, Raku: A Practical Approach-First and Second Editions, and The Potters Professional Handbook, and writes frequently for international craft and pottery magazines and journals. Steven is a popular workshop presenter having done over 100 presentations of his pottery forming, decorating, and firing techniques in the US, Canada, Mexico, and Europe.

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Email: sbranfpots@aol.com

 

Web: www.thepottersshop.com/steven-branfman