About Martin Stankus

Over the past 25 years, I have specialized in the production of saggar and raku fired ceramics and more recently in garden related stoneware. Having retired from a career in city planning in 2012, I am now pursuing ceramic art on a more full time basis. My educational background in Physical Geography and Landscape Architecture as well as my enjoyment of the outdoors influences my work in numerous ways. I incorporate nature and graphic design as a decorative element on the classical ceramic forms I produce.

I have refined my ceramic skills at the Penland School of Crafts, Campbell Folk School, Dan Finch Pottery, and numerous workshops over the years facilitated by Steven Branfman, Linda & Charlie Riggs, Cynthia Bringle, Randy Broadnax, Don Ellis, Ellen Shankin, Nick Joerling, and many others. I moved to Burnsville, NC from Raleigh in 2016 to be closer to the mountains that have called me home. Now I’m making pottery out of my newly constructed home studio as of 2020.