Evelyn Taylor Bonner + Chris Bonner
Ceramic artist Evelyn Taylor Bonner earned a BFA in Studio Arts/Ceramics and Art Education from Syracuse University. She spent 4 years as a production tile and mosaic maker at the Moravian Pottery & Tile Works in historic Bucks County, PA. Then, in the midst of 17 years as an arts marketing professional (Philadelphia Museum of Art and Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts), Evelyn officially founded her own business in 2006. She's now full-time in her studio, managing a bustling wholesale operation and a robust calendar of seasonal craft shows.
Chris Bonner is a Lecturer of Ceramic Arts at Penn State University Abington Campus. He has been a guest lecturer at Penn State Lehigh and Rutgers University, and leads a bi-annual, week-long firing with the Maryland Institute College of Art in the anagama wood-fire kiln he built in Bucks County.
A native of South Jersey, Chris earned a bachelor’s degree in anthropology at Beloit College and a master’s degree in ceramics at Northern Arizona University. After 13 years as a mold maker at the Moravian Pottery & Tile Works in Doylestown, he spent 6 years on the team of international contemporary artist Jeff Koons at his first digital stone studio.
He has collaborated on numerous anagama firings with artists such as Don Reitz, Rudy Autio, and Peter Voulkos.
Chris Bonner is a Lecturer of Ceramic Arts at Penn State University Abington Campus. He has been a guest lecturer at Penn State Lehigh and Rutgers University, and leads a bi-annual, week-long firing with the Maryland Institute College of Art in the anagama wood-fire kiln he built in Bucks County.
A native of South Jersey, Chris earned a bachelor’s degree in anthropology at Beloit College and a master’s degree in ceramics at Northern Arizona University. After 13 years as a mold maker at the Moravian Pottery & Tile Works in Doylestown, he spent 6 years on the team of international contemporary artist Jeff Koons at his first digital stone studio.
He has collaborated on numerous anagama firings with artists such as Don Reitz, Rudy Autio, and Peter Voulkos.