About

Kristen Easters grew up in Eastern NC, where she was raised and migrated to the beautiful blue ridge mountains in the summer of 2011. It is those mountains where she fell in love with the rich culture of Appalachia and made roots in the vibrant town of Asheville, NC. This is where she attended college and discovered the art of wood fired ceramics. From the first time she partook in a class anagama firing, she was immediately enamored by the process of continuously stoking and creating a rhythm with the kiln. She graduated from UNCA with a BA in ceramics in 2016.

Kristen has continued igniting her passion for tending the flames since graduating from college through firing with Josh Copus and crew based out of Marshall, NC. She has also taken many workshops with masters of the craft at schools such as Penland School of Craft, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Stone Bowl Farm and Mars Hill Center for Ceramic Art. Additionally Kristen served as a resident artist and instructor at Odyssey Clayworks from 2017-2022 teaching an array of ceramics classes for adults and children as well as art therapy classes.

She recently moved to Northern California in the fall of 2022 to focus on her work full time and is currently a resident artist at Cobb Mountain Art & Ecology Project in Lake County, where she will be creating a body of work for the next year.

Kristen’s artwork is focused on creating functional ceramic wares that embody a sense of visual harmony between form, utility, surface and atmosphere. Her work enriches the daily lives of their users through fostering an appreciation for the handmade vessel, community through sharing thoughtfully prepared food and intentionality in the moments we stop to fulfill our basic human need to nourish our bodies and sense of well being.